Originally Posted by
tsquare
I would have rather remained a stand alone DAL. It is what it is though. I am optimistic that we will close the gap on SWA pay. I am still not optimistic that we will see C2K rates however, because of AMR and the obama economy, but we will have to wait and see.
FYI, to completely close the gap we would probably need greater than C2K rates (unless you are meaning + inflation). Our 2004 (C2K) 12 year MD-88 Captain rate was $237.37. At 80 hours per month, that translates to $227,875.20... still below the average SWA Captain.