Originally Posted by Army80

I disagree.

All the other parties (company/Wall Street/Share holders) care about is how much it costs to move the metal, and how that cost compares to other airlines. Paying a 42 year longevity captain significantly more than a 20 year longevity captain (from a competitive carrier) is just bad business. It also hurts anyone with less than 42 years of service.

The best thing for the pilot group is to have a ONE year pay scale. Get all the jack now. The co-pilots make a % of captain pay. They max out on day one. Most captains are at the top end already, so it doesn't change their situation.

IMO, what needs to change is the fixation on the big metal pay. We don't have very much big metal. Like it or not, we fly for a very profitable company that has a bunch of jets; they just don't have a bunch of really big jets. We can wish we had more big jets, and push harder on the JV/code agreements, but most guys will spend the bulk of their time at Delta on smaller equipment. It wasn't all that long ago when many forum followers looked at SW with envy...