Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I had a CEO at Delta personally tell me he did not care if he paid a 777 CA 500 an hour because the aircraft generated the revenue to support the pay. He then added that if he paid that on the 777 we would demand 400 an hour for the 737 and the airframe could not support that wage.
Sounds like a line I would say to one of my workers, it is also a lie. The CBA as a whole has a value attached to it. The individual pay rates are decided by the union. The union voted in a blended rate at Alaska for the 737's, Mesaba had a blended rate too.
From form 4 data:
DALPA contract: $1.900 billion / ~11000 pilots = ~$173K per pilot
SWAPA contract: $1.300 billion / ~5500 pilots = ~$236K per pilot
You are paid based on what you negotiate collectively. You stated you wish SWAPA would do some heavy lifting for the industry, what was that based on?