Originally Posted by
Sniper66
It is vey reasonable
Look at the rates 15 years ago and look at the profits 15 years
250 per hour wide body captain was the pay in 1988
Yes in 1988
It's too simplistic and not very reasonable at all.
Negotiations are conducted within the context of
today, not what existed 20 years ago or further. Your future TA will approximate where Delta, American and Southwest are at that time.
No company operates in a regulated vacuum anymore. Everything today is blessed with an eye on the competition...pilot labor included. There are still pilots out there who think deregulation came with "snapbacks"...good luck. (one was an ALPA president a few years ago)
(Profitability and variable pay are directly related...profitability and pay
rates are not)