Originally Posted by
Stitches
Delta achieved a huge increase in work rule compensation that doesn’t show up in the pay rates. Premium pay for Holidays (I’m pretty sure Delta has more than the 3 Swa has), increases to daily rig, increased vacation pay, to name a few, and more.
Their effective compensation increased significantly more than the just the yearly pay rate increases would show.
You're absolutely right. This is a very conservative estimate of a Delta pilot's first ten years if they were to take the first available upgrade.
However, as you likely know, we have many within our pilot group who are often quick to opine that the scenario I used in the chart I posted on this thread is invalid because I used DL's earliest available upgrade. It's not accurate or somehow not fair, they'll complain, to do that because upgrading in NYC or ATL "sucks," or "is junior for a reason," as if there aren't compelling reasons why bidding first available captain upgrade at SWA doesn't also "suck," and is if there aren't also people bypassing CA upgrade at SWA for quality of life reasons.
They'll eagerly highlight how a SWA pilot can easily bag more than 95 TFP per month, month after month, like clockwork. Yet, they'll blatantly disregard the fact that DL pilots can also pull in over a 95-TFP-equivalent 83 credit hours monthly. Instead, they'll cherry-pick anecdotes about their "buddy" at DL who's stuck making a measly 65 hours per month. And oh, they'll conveniently 'forget' to mention the insane number of block hours they're logging compared to their pals at Delta.