Originally Posted by
newKnow
For the second bolded part: We all would have prospered?
What? This doesn't have anything to do with politics. Let's be honest. Are you not better off now than you were in 2008? There is not one person I know that isn't. Not one.
Maybe you are just referring to DAL pilots and I should go back to minding my own business but just in case you are referring to Americans in general:
Real Median Household Income
2013 $52,250
2012 $52,117
2011 $52,306
2010 $53,469
2009 $54,541
2008 $56,290
source:
US Household Income | Department of Numbers
Doing my final edit, I realized I should apologize. As Delta pilots, we are not used to using real data. ALPA doesn't __________ inflation so they always present nominal pay comparisons. So if you want to ignore inflation, 2008 and 2013 median household income were nearly identical.
I'm just say'n