Originally Posted by
Nantonaku
I might be out of touch with the rest of the industry but it doesn't seem like our pay is all that good either. I know some people at Atlas type places and they all think I make a ton of money but we compared W2's and they make more money than me for similar seniority. I understand the 401 match is better here but without a bonus I don't see Delta as anything more than average.
I was thinking the same, so I went to look at the contract comparison the NC recently published. It lives on the DALPA MEC page, Hot Topics, Contract 2019, lower left the red box that says "Contract Comparison".
It's pretty good product. To sum up we are not the leaders, but we are not last either. We are probably a solid B-/C+ compared to the others.
Some nuggets (top of scale CA & FO rates):
We lead 350, But lag 330/76
We lead 75 of the pax carriers
we lead 737/321 (except SWA 737-800 pay exceeds in 2021)
Lag 320 behind UAL and AA
Lag 220 behind AA and UAL (neither has any yet but they have the rates)
Lag only UAL and UPS for domestic per diem
Lag UAL, FedEX, UPS on Int'l per diem
Just a highlight. It is a good document. If you haven't I would go read it.
Again, we are not the best, but we certainly are not the worse either. Mnay areas for improvement though, so I wouldn't let the detractors here convince you otherwise.