Let this sink in…

Here is some perspective on the new United rates
from the Wall Street Journal.

Generous as the offer may
seem, the pay increase isn't
all that much higher than the
consumer-price index, which
last month increased 8.6%
over the last year. After
inflation, the 14.5% raise
amounts to about a 1.6%
increase over 18 months. For
pilots who live in Sun Belt
areas where inflation is
running hotter than 10%,
such as Phoenix, it's a decline
in real wages if inflation
stays this hot through the
next year.

And that’s using there already agreed to 5%.