Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

I agree. It seems that too many of us have lost perspective on exactly how far this profession has fallen. For example, we took a 42% pay cut. It would take a 73% pay increase just to restore back to the rates from which we started. Now, factor in inflation from the time we took the cuts to the time our new contract becomes effective, and it will take a lot more than a 73% pay increase to actually restore our buying power. And that's just one piece of the "pie". We also lost our pension and had thousands of our jobs outsourced.

As you point out, the difference between what they want to pay us and full restoration is probably just a few bucks per ticket. Let management figure out how to pay for pilots, just the same as they have to figure out how to pay for fuel when oil prices go up. This is the perspective I want the people negotiating on my behalf to have.