Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
43% puts us approximately into parity with SWA pay. We would NOT be leapfrogging every other airline on the planet with that type of increase. We'd just be equalizing our pay to SWA and not even surpassing them.
I don't know what category you're in... but take a look at your W2 from last year and compare it to the W2 of a typical SWA pilot (over $230K for a Captain and over $140K for a First Officer). I'll bet if you're a narrowbody pilot who doesn't get a really large number of greenslips that it takes a heck of a lot more than 11% to reach that level.
DAL88 Driver, sorry for not responding sooner. I'd love a 43% pay raise.
I can't figure out how you arrive at that value. I've read your explanations in the past, so no need to repeat. Anecdotal, or something from a friend, or back of the napkin calculations are not backed up by Form 41 data. Carl already explained how the 2010 data is bad. I ran it again with 2009 data. Obviously it was a greater differential, but taking DC into account it still appears the Roger 11% is in the ballpark. That is a fact based value based on Form 41 data, their 2006-2011 contract, and our PWA.