Originally Posted by
symbian simian
Just an FYI:
When Spirit signed the last deal our top rate was higher than most legacy A320/B737 pay (if I remember correctly it was on par with 757/767 at DL & AA. The only reason we are even looking at the current TA is because the NMB is buying into the low tier argument. Look at what happened to Alaska, the got way below legacy because it's not a big international company (mediator, not my opinion).
Yes but those rates at the Legacies were also BK rates, Spirit was not. Though it is interesting that in 2011 DAL TOP 777/747 CA pay was like $226/hr and Airbus topped out at $175, where over at Airways the 320 topped out at $125