Originally Posted by
notEnuf
That 20 years is worth $2.5M with note, claim and company contributions with S&P 500 returns. Add in PBGC P4 payments and personnel contributions to max out the 401k and you easily have $3M and a few hundred dollars per month. This is a point of reference not a judgment.
Yep ... that's correct.
Hence I don't see the majority of pilots finding value in a transfer of wealth towards the top.
FWIW - by the definition I am almost peak DZ'er, but I think a reasonable litmus to measure contractual asks is "what benefits the Delta pilots" holistically without targeting a specific demographic. The only exception is scope. Preventing furloughs and protecting progression is scope.