Originally Posted by
slowplay
You might want to check on this one again, Carl. I show the peak 744 pay at $256/hr. Are you telling me you went down to $128 per hour?
Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Add in lost benefits, increased health care costs, loss of pension, and elimination of soft time, and I'll bet he's conservative.
Nu
Originally Posted by
slowplay
Nu, I get your point.
If you remember:
Originally Posted by Carl Spackler 
Yes. In the case of us fNWA guys, it was about 50% of pay alone overnight in BK. The frozen pensions and loss of work rules were on top of that.
He said pay alone, and then added all the rest on top. I'm just looking for the facts, as the data I have doesn't support his statement.
Let me give it a shot.
DC-9 Captain pre-BK. Made around $190 per hour.
After BK, with pay cuts, and being displaced, and only being able to hold F/O on the 757, only made $95 per hour. (50% less)
Disclaimer: It couldn't have happened overnight.