Originally Posted by
Varks
What is Delta top widebody pay on January 1st 2027? AA is $488/hr.
Can Delta or United pilots get two months off in a row paid. Every year. We call it IMAX.
More like 3 months off with a little effort. Around 76 hours paid each month for not turning a wheel.
Cherry pickers are out in force, but freely admit that DAL is farther into the post CHP11 and better run in terms of profitability than AA.
Remember, the guys running us ran an operation paying CA's $125/hour not long ago and decided PHL was a far better international hub than JFK.
The future will be interesting. Much of AA's high debt was due to refleeting. That is basically done. UAL and DAL have some big checks to write for jets at higher interest rates. We'll see.