ShyGuy

People should really stop adding 401k and PS to the gross. It would paint a more accurate picture when it comes to hourly rates and monthly credit hours. If you want to list the 401k and PS figures, fine but do it in a separate column.

meyers9163

401k is definitely a known number and should be included. Profit sharing is the only one that isn’t known. However if one has it by a larger number why not include it? It’s part of a compensation package much like LTD STD vacation and sick. They all make up how much we make and should be considered. Please don’t try to not be fully informed and keep such short sighted views. That helps no one.

flydc

He literally listed them separately lol

FL370esq

At Delta, you are getting that 16% regardless, maybe it is different for AA?

So.....let's try this again and upgrade the basic math:

2018 A350 Capt rate: $340.24/hr

2018 A350 Capt rate w/16% DC contribution: $340.24 + $54.44 = $394.68/hr

In order to gross $1,000,000.00 on your W-2, you would need to fly an average of:

Straight rate: *245 hours a month, each and every month, for all 12 months of 2018.

w/16% DC: *211 hours a month, each and every month, for all 12 months of 2018.

* Calculated averages also need to be lowered based upon February 2018 Profit Sharing payout of roughly 15% of 2017 base pay.

crewdawg

We have nothing like IMAX. As a perpetual reserve bidder I would hate it when guys hit their max and make me have to actually go to work.

It's HIGHLY dependent upon your category and staffing at the time. My first year here I couldn't get a GS for anything, while all the guys on the 75/76 were rolling in them. Fast forward the the following year and the roles had flipped. It's all a crapshoot, but once you gain some seniority you can start to count on them a bit more...helps BIG time if you live in base.

I'm below 90% on a WB and I've gotten 3 since April and will likely get one later this month, but have passed up on many more. When I was on the NB (between 40-80%) I could usually get a GS/month, sometimes more, and once was able to get rolling thunder going...very lucrative.

Based on the number of GS and GSWC (w/conflict) that some of those guys were getting, I can see how one of them hit 100k in a month this summer. It was truly insane how many GS and GSWC these guys were getting. DAL screwed up big time with the rollout/staffing of the 350 and were amazingly short staffed. That said, this was likely a one time fluke and I'd be surprised if it is ever repeated. I also don't believe that any of them will hit 1M.

We have another forum and it has nothing to do with the union. It was started by a random DAL pilot after the union site got shut down. Less than a 1/3rd of the pilot group have signed up and it's mostly the same 10-20 guys posting the same thing over and over, while attacking anyone who doesn't agree with them. I'm guessing the great majority of guys that signed up no longer frequent the website.

Rawhide16

Gee, that sounds familiar.

PilotPete4You

I’m a regional guy and recently had a golden goose opportunity open up for me and covered 9 for the month (roughly 130 credit hours)....best I’ve ever seen. But you guys are great.

cocktimusprime

Why did the DL union forum get shut down?

450knotOffice

Huh......?