Originally Posted by
scambo1
Gloopy;
I respect your opinion, but I cannot understand how you characterise Dal pilots as not productive. 80 hours a month equals 1000 hours a year. The FAA doesnt let us be any more productive.
Pre 2004 the average Delta pilot flew about 600 hard hours a year but generated just over 1050 hours of credit or pay.
Post Chapter 11 the average pilot is generating 800 block hours a year and generating about 1100 hours of credit or total pay. We are still well below the 1000 hours allowed. Very few pilots are hitting the block hour limits.
The increase from 600 to 800 hours per year of hard time was the big driver in the loss of pilot jobs at Delta. We should work in the next contract to get pay raises and get back some of those jobs.