Originally Posted by slowplay

For the 5 years leading up to C2K Delta had a pre-tax income of $7.4 Billion dollars. Our margin peaked in 1998 at 12%, and averaged well north of 10% for that time. For the 5 years leading up to C2012 Delta had a pre-tax income of $1.1 billion. Our pre-tax margin averaged 3.7% for that time. Oh, and those numbers for C2K are for a Delta standalone operation. Adding in NWA takes the total profit to well over $10 billion.

Having a company with C2K style economics makes C2K style wages achievable.