Oh, I see - the Delta/NWA merger SLI was not about pay, it was about equipment size. No, not about career earnings by determining the large body slots at each company, not about determining which company was more financially viable, not about pay scales, definitely not about an acquisiton, not about a healthier company taking the older more senior lower paid pilots at another company likely to never fully come out of bankruptcy, nope that didn't figure into any of it.
This board is Delta Central. Moderators are Delta (some are okay), the vast majority of posters are Delta, and to be honest Delta doesn't like Southwest too much so they'll say anything that they can to antagonize and insult you under the moderated guise of "advancing a discussion."
If you want to have a real discussion with an AirTran pilot over SLI, invite them over for a few beers to talk about it. They're mostly top notch people, and even if their MEC wreaks havoc all of the way to an arbitrator, we have top notch people that can push as hard as needed if push comes to shove.
Relax - these guys don't even know how the United/Continental thing is going to work out. Heck, last time I checked, the DAL/NWA thing had errors in it. ALPA is beating it's chest, and whimpering out a lousy deal on the 70 seat jets. ALPA is nothing to fear.
I'm going to bed. I may stoop to post on this board again in another 3 months.
PS last month I earned more than $20,000+ as an FO.
Any of you legacy captains earn more than that?