Originally Posted by sailingfun

The fact is that all pilots at Delta made a lot less money in 09. In my case 30,000 dollars less. This was because of the crash in air travel in 09. Everyone had greatly reduced flight hours. It will not be the case in 10. When the Joint contract was being negotiated they looked at total credit hours for both pilot groups on average. The DAL contract ended up with more credit hours per pilot however they were very close. The payrates were however higher.
This summer many former NWA pilots are seeing one of their best years ever for pay. One 747 Captain had 218 hours pay for July. The other Captain on the same flight had 186. My pay is going to be above 08 levels or almost 35,000 more then 09 this year. Most pilots are going to see large increases from 09.