Originally Posted by
WARich
How about the 777 and 737.
To answer your question, the 777A with reasonable hours (not living off GS credit) should be 7 to 8 times the median household income imho. The 737 a percentage of that.
Use the 2004 median household income, adjusted for inflation it's $56K, and 7.6 gives you what 2004 C2K pay rates gave a 777A doing 85 hours per month (320/hr x 85 x 12 x 1.25 inflation).
I think the current median household income is $52K, it's gone down since 2004. Run 7 to 8 times that and you're around 356 to 400 bucks per hour, or a bit higher than $311 rate for 2016 in the TA.
That said, I'll complete the argument, add PS with a $4.5B PTIX, 401K at 16%, etc, you're at around $380/hr in total compensation. It is a pay raise. It's a 8/0/3/3 pay raise though with a lot of concessions.
I am a no. It's rather awful as a package.