[QUOTE=mike734;79046]My point is, salaries should have doubled by now. Interestingly the pay for Horizon and Comair have pretty much done that. However the major airline pilot pay has done the opposite. This is not news but look how far we've fallen. 160K then should be about 320K now. Delta was right in there before their big fall. >>

United was paying over 300 per hour on the widebodies for captain. I was pulling in 169 per hour on the 777 in the right seat!!! The salaries did double, they just came back down. Sure was nice while it lasted though. BTW, I got the 777 bid in year 2 at United. There was also a TON of guys coming over from FedEx and SWA to United back then (1998 - 2001). So, in another 5 years, it will be interesting to see what is going on. I also remember guys using the "I won the lottery" statement about getting hired at United.