Originally Posted by
tom3holer
Back in the early 70's a major captain made maybe $45k a year. TWA had an ad in Flying magazine back then advertising for pilots. It mentioned living in great locations and making $1million in your career. Now a half dozen or more line pilots for Delta made that last year!
For context, those numbers adjusted for inflation are roughly $300k and $6.6M. So pretty much what a "major captain" gets now working a normal line in a 22 year career.
I'm not really sure how that fits into your argument? I'm not trying to argue, I just don't understand what you're trying to say.