Originally Posted by
hercretired
I agree with the first post pay comments
hourly Big-3 FO pay is like $5-10 bucks below Year 3 Frontier Captain Pay
let that sink in boys
when the majors re-up their contacts circa 2028, Barry will have "just signed" the new pay rates
SW "makes the most NB pay" because they fly more. Do you want 4 legs a day in a 1967 cockpit? No thanks. Their pay structure is somewhat different. The number of Frontier pilots who have bailed for SW is minimal to non-exsistent, maybe some SW Kool Aid drinkers or whose wives were SW FA's. etc
Way to take things the wrong way! I mentioned SW pay because
you should use it for pay comparison. Just like it make no sense to look at DL WB pay, it does not make sense to say SWA pilots deserve more because they work in an old cockpit. No, you didn't say that directly, but saying nobody is leaving F9 to get almost twice as much at SWA is almost as bad.
FYI, average is 2.5 legs per day, 14 duty days per month for line holders at SWA. That is 35 legs per month on average (and around 700 block per year). How many legs does the average F9 pilot fly per month? I don't work for SWA, but I sure as what enjoy the benefits of their "somewhat different pay structure" for the household.