DAL had to recapture that flying from the regionals. That without a doubt puts downward pressure on the pay rates. I certainly give credit to jetBlue for flying the 190 on property and not farming it out to a regional, but they don't get a free pass for starting that airplane on $84 per hour for a Captain.

Is the 190 rate the only real positive that you can point to in our overall compensation? Shall we start talking about the upcoming medical changes, the verbage of our LTD program, the failed attempt to honestly fix our retirement, the "exhaust your own resources to get to the $2M merger fund"...

Don't succumb to tunnel vision on a single solitary pay rate. We are so far away from an overall "average" package that it is just sad. The real sad part is you can't even admit it!