Originally Posted by Buck Rogers

Additionally, because many don't understand this, the 1B more in contract doesn't necessarily mean you wound up with a better(more costly) contact compared to Delta. The contract costs are INCREMENTAL cost increases. Just snapping up to Delta's profit sharing has a big incremental cost associated with it. With 16,000 AA pilots and Delta's PS revenues and plan, that incremental 4 year cost could approach 2 Billion $$$ I'll let each pilot napkin math what they think that cost would be just to equal Delta's profit sharing. In boom times I've seen/heard of a 1 year profit sharing check in excess of $70,000 then DAL gets defined contribution(DC) on top 16-18%(this was the old pay scales). I've also seen PS of $0. My take is that PS match to DAL has a huge potential up side with very little downside for a 35 year career.