Originally Posted by
Mesabah
I got the numbers from the annual report. If those airplanes go to mainline, then the profits would be reduced significantly as every 76 seat jet pilot would have their pay double at the least, not to mention DAL would have to cut an additional 4000+ profit sharing checks.
Pilot pay is a considerable minority in the whole cost equation.
DL systemwide is growing around 3% this year. 717 and up is growing 10%.