Why is this political? You aren’t what you are worth, it’s what you negotiate. As a Union, it’s a collective whole and for DL, they have to deal with all the pilots. It’s not a left vs right thing, it’s called capitalism. I’ve yet to fly with a Democrat at DL, and I DO NOT talk politics until the other pilot brings it up.

Regardless, it’s supply and demand economics. DL pilots are the supply force, and currently the air travel demand is high.

Don’t confuse that into a left socialist or communist agenda. It’s not political, it works on a market economy. That, In itself, is how America has been the most prosperous country in recent times. Historically, forgetting a free economy, has a 100% fail rate everywhere else. So if you want to forget history, you simple doom yourself to a similar outcome.

We are outliers in the “union” trade as we are highly compensated employees, yet unionized. Unions tend to be democrats by vote, but tend to also be middle class earners with huge numbers on low profit margins. Other industries lost the “highly compensated” aspect due to, guess what- the market. The market for skill set. Pilots don’t just pop up in a few months, it’s a pipeline of time that cannot be “shortened” in present day.

That means when times are good, we are doing well, this is one of those times. If/when the tides turn, the pendulum swings. That’s airline life.

Here ends the civics and fundamental economics lesson..

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