Originally Posted by
RCD73
I agree to the spirit of your post.
My point was that if you are going to make a comparison that shows a potentially superior package for a DAL FO, then make it as accurate as possible. The Air Japan commuting contract remains one of the best and the average FO at DAL fills the minimum requirements for a Capt or F.O position. The Emirates package is attractive for some. My only problem with ACL's characterization was the fact that it was one dimensional.
Parc Aviation Recruitment and Resourcing
Regarding the Tiger package. You are quoting the top pay scale for Capt. Look to the left of the payscale numbers and you'll see the words; "Capt top". You'll need 500 PIC on the A320 and Singapore is one of the most expensive cities in the world. Although, a nice rental house on a Thai beach is only a short commute.
Tiger Airways jobs, payscales and entry requirements.
I hope DAL pilots return to an industry leading package in the next contract.
Most captains in Tiger are paid the same. Their starting salary just went up by another thousand dollars from what you see there. They are still banking +18,000SGD/month (with the old pay scale) which is still 2-3 times what I make here. To be fair, these guys/gals work hard. They fly around 90 hrs per month with a lot of red-eyes.
At the end of the day, if Delta is all milk and honey, he would have come back when DAL recalled. He can easily hold a wide-body FO seat. But he turned DAL down. That speaks volumes that someone will turn DAL down for some little known LCC.
I personally know of one DAL fo who left for Emirates and another one who left to fly left seat on the 320 in Vietnam. Both have no regrets. The DAL FO who left five years ago is now a B777 captain. He is planning to leave Emirates to Korean as a direct entry 777 captain based in LAX. This is another thing which attracts the new generation to contract work. Once you log captain time in something markeatable, you can make lateral moves... unlike many legacy pilots in the US, who are hand-cuffed to the same airline, as senior FOs without captain time. I know of FOs in NWA, AA etc who had been in narrowbody FO seats for more than a decade.
And you are right about the Air Japan contract- it is one of the better ones. Not having to live in the sandpit alone makes it pretty attractive.
I am not trying to pick a fight with you. I'm simply stating that DAL does not have near the stance it once held from a pilot applicant point of view. Very few of my friends at regionals have DAL as their priority... long time ago, this was the top end job.