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That’s a shortsighted look at a contract. “Hey look guys, we are only $15/hr behind delta this year (minus profit sharing), and well above AA and UA! (2019 rates mind you), we are awesome!” That seems to be how spirit pilots think though. I try to be a bit more realistic and long term in my analysis, and look at how much more money other contracts are worth for the same duration this B6 contract will be in effect, which I estimate to be 4-5 years. 320/330/340 with no PS isn’t anywhere close to 337/354/368/383 with profit sharing, no matter if the raises are within 17 months or over 4 years. And to think AA/UA/WN won’t achieve similar contracts to DL in that time is also naive and/or disingenuous.
You don't understand what I am saying. I was only commenting on you comparing future rates for different years. I think that is mathematically incorrect. At no point did I say anything about any pay rates being good enough. And nobody at NK is saying we got a great TA because our rates are okay compared to the rates at UA/AA. We know that they will get a TA soon with higher rates than you and I get.