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Old 10-20-2011 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
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.
I respectfully disagree that it's an apples to oranges comparison in the case of our J/V partners. We are a virtually merged airline. We fly the same passengers on the same routes and share revenue. This is germane to the topic of our pay.