"Making SWA $$$ again? Like you said, it might take a few years. Remember the phrase: "The bull walks up the stairs, but the bear jumps out the window." With nearly $40k cut for everyone, I bet the bull will take it's ol' sweet time to climb to the tenth floor... Right now AS ranks about 4th for 737/A320 pay scales. A $7-$10 per hour raise will put you in 2nd place behind SWA."
Ironic isn't it? A pilot from the original LCC that started the race to the bottom for the airline pilot career is crowing about pay rates that the rest of the industry had to fall back to. Man oh man how the worm has turned...