Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
And you're still missing (or ignoring) my point. This is Delta, not NWA. The Delta pilots are (hopefully) looking for restoration of our pre-BK (pre-pay cut) standard of living. It has nothing to do with NWA, Pan Am, Western, or any other airline that Delta has combined with in the past.
Are you saying you don't think the NWA pilots should have been compensated the same as us when they became Delta pilots? 
The sad part is that the vast majority of NWA pilots were paid
better prior to the pay
rates that came with this merger. Comparatively low line values, 70 hour reserve guarantees and the "winner take all" concept of green slipping made it where I broke even with my NWA pay rates just last year. Many other NWA pilots who've been displaced to a lower category are still making less now than they did at NWA.
Carl