Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You need to take another look at their rates. 2014 757/767 rate as a example is 195 an hour at AMR and 220 an hour at Delta. I don't call that a few bucks. They don't have a rate after 2016. They published numbers using a 16.5 percent raise as a result of the parity review. They arrived at 16.5 percent assuming we continue to get raises beyond our current contract.
The point was that we no longer have the anchor that is USair with captains making less than our FOs. And remember those are bankruptcy payrates for them...