Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
88 pilots on reserve will probably see a 30% or so raise.
We all admit that this does not meet our expectations that we filled out in the survey.
The difference day one is 7.2% give or take. One must ask if the reward is worth the risk for 140 million dollars. Just an honest question.
You must take the emotion out of this, look at it objectively and go from there.
Actually, everyone talks about restoration. How about another take on this whole thing. I went back and found Contract 96 rates (better known as POS 96 by everyone at DAL when I got hired (2000). As a point of note I looked up 73N CA and FO rates - $215.12 and 146.93. I don't remember DAL struggling with Pilot costs from Contract 96 and we're saying that by 2015 we will get back to May 1, 2000 rates and we're supposed to be happy. If some one tells me how to post the PDF I will or you only have to Google Delta Airlines Contract 96 rates to find the PDF - it is a document from the Delta MEC about Contract 96.