Originally Posted by sailingfun

The numbers are probably fine. Keep in mind that 166,000 was the average for all pilots. There are lots of SW pilots who fly almost full time in the reserves as a example. Same thing at Delta. There are Delta 767 Captains who will not make 150,000 k this year by choice. There are lots of Delta 767 CA's who will break 250K this year. There are guys who had second business at both airlines. Many consider the airlines there second job. Lots of Delta guys over 60 now flying 20 hours a month. Same at SW I suspect. The number to look at is the difference. Delta was at 142,000 last year on average an SW at 166,000 using company reports. Delta gets 5 percent more in the DC fund not reflected in those numbers and there is a 4 percent raise in 3 months.
The data in those reports is what will be used when you are before the NMB. Not the data from a welcome packet. The numbers come straight from the companies operational reports. Here is a W2 for the last pay period for a 767 Delta CA. Pretax he is at 269,000 with 2 months yet to go. He has not worked that hard but he works smart! Is he the norm, not at all but the norm rarely gets posted.
Payments: - Gross Earnings Pretax Ins and 401K Taxes Deductions Net Pay Direct Deposit Current $15857.69 $321.49 $4416.51 $671.28 $0.00 $10391.75 Year To Date $269936.52 $28486.31 $72234.80 $15263.46 $0.00 $152875.41