Originally Posted by
CRJAV8OR
The career earnings for a 20 year SWA F.O. using minimum guarantee and current F.O. pay rates on this forum-$2,554,344. Career earnings for a 20 year Delta pilot upgrading to Captain at year 10-$2,191,800. I started the Delta F.O. in the lowest paying equipment and moved to the next higher paying equipment every 2 years, and continued this progression at the 10 year switch to Captain pay rates. That is a $365,544 over the 20 year period. I would take that bet all day. Of course many will say the Delta rates will go up and the SWA rates will go down, but that is a gamble most betting folks would be willing to take. The SWA number is for minimum guarantee only. I will not speculate as to what each individual pilot will gross, but most pilots at SWA (including me) go well beyond guarantee on every paycheck. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Good for you. I am impressed. I still think he made a mistake. He will realize that in 15 years. Look at this point in time 1this is degenerating into nothing more than wild rampant speculation. All I said in my original post was that I think he made a mistake. Those of you that choose to look only at the money and ignore the dynamic nature of the industry.. well that's your opinion. I stand by my statement, and he will probably realise it in LESS than 15 years. I also stand by my statement that I couldn't care less that he left. He just opened up a job for somebody else that wants to be here.
Those that choose to ignore history...