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Old 12-04-2010 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
Carl;
For a real restoration contract the total cost is about 2 billion per year.
Incorrect. We have 12,500 pilots. Divide 12,500 by your claim of 2 billion per year equals $160,000. Our aveage pay is NOT $160,000 per year. Thus your figure of 2 billion per year for pay restoration is wrong. The real number is an additional 750 million...as I have previously posted.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot
Total restoration would put our pay at about 3.8 billion a year, or approx 12% of the total cash flow for the corporation. That is about the same percentage DAL was at in 2001. Pilot contracts equated to about 10-12% of the total revenue for the corporation.
Incorrect. We have 12,500 pilots. Divide 12,500 by your claim of 3.8 billion per year equals $304,000. Our aveage pay is NOT $304,000 per year. Thus your figure of 3.8 billion per year for total pay restoration is wrong.

Carl
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