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.
I was curious, so I ran some numbers. (BTW 777A pay was $186 and we had like 8 at the time)
the scales I found had 2006 12 year 7ERA at $155/hr. that equates to roughly $232 today or less than a 12 year ER B would make under this new TA. Given we had less that 30 aircraft total that paid more than 7ER rate, for all but the most senior pilots at the time, that was the highest they could expect to earn. 12 year ER A didn’t break $200/hr til 2013. It was $267 in 2004.
12 year ER FO rate was $106 ( $158 today) I am also assuming a lot of the soft money we have today was not as existent right after BK so factor that in how you will.