Originally Posted by
worstpilotever
United has somewhere around 50 more aircraft at the highest pay scale than delta does. That is significantly more pilots that are able to earn the highest pay scale over the course of the year. Delta does a lot of their international flying as a codeshare. Delta pilots are not being paid to fly those jets. Atl has one of the lowest fee per pax in the country, Ewr has one of the highest. Since ticket prices are about the same, delta will keep more money on a ticket from Atl to lhr than United will from Ewr to lhr.
Between payback days/rolling thunder on every fleet, green slips being fairly distributed (UA eats their young regarding premium), and having 2 captain on 4-mans; you can keep the 50 more WB’s
Edit: With addition of global scope in 23’ I expect the WB gap to close over the next handful of years. Delta will be forced to grow 1:1 WB’s as all JV’s introduce more flying. The addition of this scope was a huge win that will bring more & more JV flying back to DL pilots