Originally Posted by
Palmtree Pilot
I can get down with the 737-900 or 757 rates on the 2026 table to. Per diem $3.50/hr to $4.00 by the next amendable date as inflation of food prices on top of the inflated airport and hotel prices deserve nothing less. 20-22% direct contributions instead of profit sharing.
At the end of a career, a SWA pilot flying their line has to have earned more pay and built a larger retirement nest egg with our contractual retirement language than pilots at any other airline on Earth, narrow body or wide body, for me to vote yes. That is a perfectly reasonable way to approach our contract negotiations.
There are a number of other items that are also show-stoppers for me, like disability, retiree medical, sick leave accrual, hotel language, rigs, tail change language, and transportation - to name a few.