Originally Posted by
Turbo1
UAL and AA have much more heavy iron than DAL. that is the only point I am trying to make. Heavy iron equals heavy dollars
As a 2014 hire at both AAL and DAL, my time to WB A is pretty much the same at both...we currently have about the same number of WB As as AAL and close to the same number as UAL. Of course they make up for this with a larger number of WB Bs. Even though they staff 1 CA/3FO (vs our 2CA/2FO...which is huge btw), my time to WB B was MUCH faster at DAL, and my AAL classmates are nowhere near NB A (aside from E190), while I can hold 717/M88/320/73N A in multiple bases. IF we could actually band our 330/764 up to the top rate (like UAL/AAL), I would put my career earnings against theirs any day of the week.
Obviously this is given everything remains static, which we all know is a pipe dream. Much more than all this, the heavy dollars/heavy QOL goes to the guy who lives in base. That's why I'm at DAL and not AAL.