Originally Posted by
tsquare
Want them here at mainline? What would YOU fly it for? Without knowing what each airline's benefit package is worth to it's respective pilots, let's play a game, but we have to make an assumption. Let's say that mainline's benefits package is worth 25% more than DCI's. Would that be fair? IT would mean that in order to compare payrates, we would have to subtract 25% from DCIs payrates in order to make them cost neutral to come to mainline. Ready...? A 7 year captain at Comair makes $79/hour. Care to do the math and tell me if we could fly them on mainline for that?
This is small potatoes in the big scheme of things. They will be capped... there is no reason to ever revisit that.. and it rids ous of 50s. There is too much obsession here.
As an outsider that flys 76 seat jets with Delta painted on the side, I would much rather have those airframes at Delta, even if the pay scale stinks. It would certainly be better to have the Delta work rules and benefits, but the real thing would be the career progression. I don't like always looking over my shoulder, waiting for the next sham regional bankruptcy or to be underbid by the next blowjet. I know the primary focus of your contract negotiations has to be what is best for you guys, but don't forget that what you do here has an effect on thousands of others that don't work for Delta.