Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
The...MIT data...comes from Form 41, which doesn't have all the context needed to determine whether it's really an "apples to apples" comparison of what one airline's pilots actually make on average versus another. The SWAPA data is actual stats showing what their averages were at the time of publication.
Both have actual numbers and averages, and neither provides the context from which those averages are derived. For example, when the Form 41 shows that the average pilot salary at Airline X is $100K, was that airline overstaffed such that there was little to no overtime to be had and everyone was at a low ALV, or was it the opposite?
What was the staffing situation at SWA at the time that those averages were derived? How much overtime was their average pilot flying? Was that overtime equally available to all, or did some bases do much better than others?
You have repeatedly held up this pamphlet as a proxy for the value of their contract, yet we now know that, due to their staffing changes, there is less overtime available today. Yet, their contract itself has not changed.
My point then, is simply that the MIT Form 41 data has neither less nor more validity and context than the SWAPA infomercial.