Not to add to your headache...

But is it not true that the bottom line measure for evaluating pay is how much one has to work versus how much one makes? Certainly, there are other considerations as to the desirability of a job. But if you're looking at pay, it's really a pretty straight forward comparison. It's when smoke and mirrors get involved that it gets difficult (and misleading). And THAT, my friends, is what we got from DALPA with their "contract comparison" last year.

You cannot look at DALPA's "converted" SWA rate of $216 and compare it with our 2015 737 rate of $215 and then draw the conclusion that we're essentially equal. The reality of it (i.e. W2) is WAY different. We're still getting smoked... by pilots who work for a company that, while it has great efficiencies built into its business model, it doesn't have anything like the revenue and profit potential of Delta Air Lines.

What you really have to ask yourself is "why?" Why did DALPA intentionally mislead the pilot group like that? You know they are smart enough to understand the reality. So why?