Originally Posted by
Flownit
points all well taken, but please don’t throw out 20 year old rates without adjustments to compare.
those guys were also not paying $6 for a dozen eggs, $60,0000 for a pickup truck, etc.
it’s valuable and important to understand that $200 20 years ago is roughly $310 today. That makes for good, relatable info.
But a better relatable info is taking a 45% pay cut for every Delta pilot and it taking 10 years to get some semblance of that pay rate back. A 45% pay rate cut takes a 90% pay "raise" just to get back to where things used to be.....that doesn't even make up for your inflation argument. How many contracts do you think it takes to get a 90% pay "raise"? Serious question.
BTW...I don't you have any grasp of what befell some of those older pilots Scoop is referring to...he is not talking "old guys" still around.