Very cool OP, thanks for taking the time to do that research and put it together. Historical pay rates are something that have always interested me. In particular, if anyone ever had information on pre-Deregulation pay scales, I'd love to see them. For example, how much did a Pan Am 747 Captain make adjusted for inflation in 1970? Must've been a lot. Many of us have heard the "Cadillac a month," but that's a little vague.
Not Horizon (or NWA) specific, but made this post a little while back:
Originally Posted by
John Carr
Forgive the formatting. UAL C2000
...At contract's end 2004 IIRC/max rates each seat;
737-200 FO-154.75 CA-226.58
Airbus FO-173.48 CA-253.99
767 FO-180.91 CA-264.87
744 FO-243.03 CA-355.82
So adjusted for inflation, the highest hourly rate post-1978 was at United and about
$446/hour. Like Gone Flying and others, I'd love to know more about pre-Deregulation if anyone has that data. Numbers I've heard range from half a million to $926,000 (thanks Phoenix). But if someone has substantive data, please please share. If we're going by the "Cadillac standard," a new CTS runs a little over $45,000, so you'd be looking at ~$550,000 a year.
Originally Posted by
Mesabah
You need to look at historical pay as a percentage of revenue, otherwise you won't know how much the company is stealing from you. Historically, pilot pay was 10-15% or revenue, today, at companies like Delta, pay is 3-4% of revenue. Thus, pay has to go up around 500% for you to be making a fair wage that has been with most pilots through the decades. In comparison, top executive pay is up 4000+% over the same time period.
This is also a smart post.