Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
Here's some food for thought. I posted this over in the "Latest & Greatest" thread, but I'll copy/paste it here too:
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Here’s a little perspective on our pay rates using October 1, 1986...
October 1, 1986 MD-88 Captain (12 yr) Rate: $135.53
Adjusted for inflation to 2012 – (source: Tom’s Inflation Calculator)
The 1986 rate of $135.53 would be $280.13 in 2012.
To bring the October 1, 1986 rate to its inflation-adjusted value of $280.13 in 2012, would require a 67% increase to the current contract’s 2012 MD-88 Captain (12 yr) rate of $167.68.
Now for the 767-300 –
October 1, 1986 767-300 Captain (12 yr) Rate: $158.21
Adjusted for inflation to 2012 – (source: Tom’s Inflation Calculator)
The 1986 rate of $158.21 would be $327.01 in 2012.
The 2000 rate of $203.25 would be $271.29 in 2012.
To bring the October 1, 1986 rate to its inflation-adjusted value of $327.01 in 2012, would require a 73% increase to the current contract’s 2012 767-300 Captain (12 yr) rate of $188.96.
Okay, lets take that MD88 percentage increase and apply it to all NB pilots and the 767 percentage increase to all WB pilots.
Boy would that be nice.
No wonder why you talk to the guys who retired in the 1990s, next to their 3rd favorite private airplane in their fleet, and they tell you about "oh yeah, I knew Bob, we both had a place in the Keys and in Colorado, he was a nice guy..."
FWIW, true story. ^^^^ 3 planes.