Originally Posted by
Tailhookah
One other equalizer on our contract vs. United and AA is that Delta operates w/ 2 Captains on 4 man crews…. United does not and I think AA (help on this one) does not either. They operate w/ 1 Captain and 3 FO’s. So the 4 man crews essentially doubles the high paying potential of the Delta fleet.
”Equalizer” might be a stretch. Likely a small good deal we have going on here. But it’s a pretty small percentage of flying we do that affects a very small number of pilots. That single position is 25% of a crew on a very small number of ultra long haul city pairs, and it’s happening for those few affected who are all in their out years. All else being equal, it’s likely better to have more WB opportunity early in a career to let those earnings compound. I’m not advocating a change, but it’s not an equalizer in my mind.