Originally Posted by
Nightflyer
I am just guessing, but I think we have more wide body aircraft than either of those airlines. Perhaps someone can check on my guess.
If we have more wide body pilots, our contributions might be "more" than airlines with fewer wide body pilots.
Again, just theorizing. I don't have time to back it up with facts, but I am sure someone else will come along to correct me if I am wrong.
I don't think so. Look at just one hour of pay. If every pilot at FedEx was a WB captain at max rate(4200x $286), paying all of us for that one hour would cost ~1.2 million. Even if all 13,100 Delta pilots were FOs making 3rd year 757 pay at $130 an hour (13,100x130) you still get 1.7 million.
Just sayin' - With these mega airlines that resulted from the recent consolidation, it's not like it used to be. Probably worth a pause before doing any chest thumping.