Pre CH 11 DAL paid their 777A's 319 an hr. What is the point to this?

Even the carriers (sans LUV) that had independent representation took massive pay cuts. (Ch 11 or not) We have only started the post bk era. No one argues we need more, but look at the whole picture.

LUV was cherry picking your routes and could afford to feed off our fat. No the case anymore.