Originally Posted by
Smokey23
What Rolf said. Matthew, you should talk to some of your co-workers six months or so after they've crossed the bridge and ask them how big their pay cut has been. Even if you can't fog a mirror, most months will exceed 89 TFP. If you're willing to put a little work and some savvy into it most pilots (even commuters) can add an extra 15-20 TFP while adding no more than one extra day of work.
Rates seldom tell the whole story. Kinda like some Delta -73 pilots around here thinking their TA will give them "SWA pay" by 2015.
(and I wish the TA actually would!)
Smokey,
It's only DALPA that's trying to "sell us" on the idea that we will make as much as SWA with this new TA. I know that your work rules and pay scale allow you to make more in less time than we will make under this TA. DALPA is trying to scare us into the idea that there is no more to be had while DAL management has already stated that productivity improvements will make this cost neutral (I guess we're worth a lot to DAL). Not sure if this will pass (DALPA is putting on a full court press so I'm guessing it will barely pass - say 55-45). It's really sad how far DALPA has fallen in the last 8 years. This is a permanent reset of poor pay and work rules that we will never get back - EVER.