Originally Posted by
scambo1
Carl;
I dont want to say that DALPA acted somewhat as predicted. I really dont. REALLY!
Thanks for tracking down this link.
The pay referenced is AFTER TAXES. TAKE HOME PAY. There is also 2 months of vacation, free medical, etc.
This is not flamebait either: Air france 777A takes 10 years to achieve. Source: an air france pilot 2 years ago. Scoop would be an Air France 777 captain. Sorry Timbo.
Did this link also make its way to the DALPA board?
Sorry for what?
I'd loved to have made 777 Capt. at 10 years.
I did make MD88 Capt. at 6 years...and was displaced off it 9 months later, when DAL sold our DC9's to a leasing company, who then leased them to Value Jet, and handed our DC9 bidsheet to Com Air to fly those trips, but that's a whole 'nutha story.
I don't understand why guys are getting so wrapped around the axel over what Air France/KLM Pilots make or don't make, it's apples and oranges, and what would we use that information for, when it comes time to negotiate?? Are we seriously going to say to the company, "Hey, Those Guys over there in Europe make a TON more money that we do!!" ??
Richard's answer will be, "So move to France..."
I know what we make, I know what South West 737 Domestic pilots make, I know what Delta took from me in bankruptcy, and I know what I want back. AF/KLM pay rates have nothing to do with what I want.