Originally Posted by
Spudhauler
According to data from MIT, in 2014 Delta had 158 dual aisle aircraft. United had 145, and American plus USAir had 151. Delta had some info about a year ago that showed our wide body fleet growing by around 8% as I recall from 2015 to 2018. This included the retirement of the whales and domestic 767s. I don't like code sharing and JVing our flying away any more than any other pilot, but talk of this being a dead end job compared to UAL or AMR seems to be a bit over the top.
Dual aisle means nothing... It's the pay that matters... Delta has only 27 a/c at the top rate... UAL has 140/ AA has 128!
This is VERY important under a 401K scheme... It means a third year UAL/AA pilot can be maxing out, while it will take a Delta pilot 10 to 15 years to make the top rate. (Comparing right seats).
Unless Delta pilots wake up to the fact that we will NEVER be a large wide body airline and pay band, we will be third choice on the list.