Originally Posted by
WhiteHammer
Let's take a look at 12 year AB captain pay. United is 264 an hour plus 16 retirement and 11 profit sharing. JB is 219 an hour plus 13 retirement and 16 profit sharing.
264 * 1.27 = 335
219* 1.29 = 282
In order to get us the same compensation we need a 19% raise. So we are behind. Is it 40%? No. Not at united anyway.
This is wrong. JB is 202/hr with 16% PS. It's 218 with 10% PS. You're mixing apples and oranges. So 218* 1.23 = 268 So that's 25% behind. Let's take the year 1 or 2 guy who can't afford to put 5% into his 401K because he needs it to by Ramon noodles to feed his family. So that would be (using 12 year pay for similar comparisons) 218*1.18 = 257 which now makes it 30% behind.
And that doesn't take into consideration work rules, vaca/sick, HC, etc....
We're behind. By a LOT. And the gap is widening.