Originally Posted by
Unity by Design
1/1/2011 747 A $186.46
1/1/2018 E190 A $200.14
Yes, seven years is a difference and cost of living has increased, but the 747 is a heck of a lot more airplane.
My concerns are more in line with Delta pilots doing Delta flying. Scope has to be engineered for worst case scenarios and in a worst case, those E190's would be far preferable to furlough.
OK, you meant post-bankruptcy, not pre-merger rates.
And why would we compare anything to post-bankruptcy pay rates?
E190s sure would be preferable to furlough (although what you're really saying is that they'd be preferable to furlough for you... the pilots flying those at the time of bankruptcy of course would be furloughed).
But we have no say as to whether DAL buys airplanes. If they're good for business under the proposed TA, they're good for business under C2012. For goodness sakes, they're actually even better for business under C2012 now that the company doesn't have to pay that $1.1B more in pilot costs... oh nevermind.
Though if the E190 order was indeed cancelled because there is no pay scale for them, are we also canceling the A350 order?