Originally Posted by
Delta1067
If the post is that ignorant then please educate me on how I need more than a 20% raise over the next 2 years to beat "inflation" While you are at it also educate us how full blown section will make us better off. I wont hold my breath waiting for an educated response as all I expect is a one liner.
To enjoy the same buying power, quite simply.
When I was home a few weeks ago, I got him to pull my dad's 1990 pay and such records. 134,000 that year as a CA on the DC-9. Oh, and a full pension and excellent, cheap healthcare.
Guess what guarantee on our current pay rates get you as a DC-9 CA? 136,000. Corrected for inflation, that 134 is well above 200,000 in today's dollars.
Think about how much more everything costs now than back then? Gas was under a dollar, it's 3 times that... most food items and essentials are about that much more as well. Not to mention how much money we have to take out each month for healthcare...
That is also why 4/8.5/3/3 is downright laughable... particularly that it was partly "paid for" by giving back profit sharing.
That is why keeping up at the with inflation at the very least is essential.