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demon llama 01-15-2026 04:33 PM


Originally Posted by CX500T (Post 3992574)

I could do a decent Fermi estimate on it

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CX500T 01-15-2026 04:38 PM


Originally Posted by demon llama (Post 3992576)
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Doctoral level math, crashing dirtbikes, brewing beer and mediocre flying. I am a man of many talents.

notEnuf 01-15-2026 04:40 PM


Originally Posted by CX500T (Post 3992574)
Does anyone have a "by category" 23M7 count for a given month.

I could do a decent Fermi estimate on it.

Lower bound.. Number of 23M7s x 5:15 x a reasonable 30th percentile in category (some super senior 23M7 farmers, some lucky one offs lower)
Say 8 years for NBA, and 12 years for WBA
4 years for NBB, 10 years for WBB

That would give us our lower bound. Considering the median trip is probably 3 days here, 15:45 x number of 23M7s is the more realistic number.

Total cost would probably have a lower bound of 2x the 23m7, and realistic would be 2.5 or so x 23M7, since best case scenario, they are skipping coverage and hitting a RES, but for all the 23M7s that go as IAs or GSs, they are paying 2x on top of the 23M7 payout.

Couple beers into the evening, but If anyone has those numbers handy, I could do some fast math on it.

I did this for November based on the full 737 23M7 and extrapolated it out for the whole airline. 92M was my number for November. Based on 12.5 hours per trip average. What I saw in December was probably double just based on the 23M7 report on 12/31.

FangsF15 01-15-2026 04:47 PM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 3992582)
I did this for November based on the full 737 23M7 and extrapolated it out for the whole airline. 92M was my number for November. Based on 12.5 hours per trip average. What I saw in December was probably double just based on the 23M7 report on 12/31.

Whatever it is, Ed said on the Earnings town hall, "it's got my attention". Getting the CEO's attention in a negative way is REALLY bad.

CX500T 01-15-2026 04:51 PM


Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 3992582)
I did this for November based on the full 737 23M7 and extrapolated it out for the whole airline. 92M was my number for November. Based on 12.5 hours per trip average. What I saw in December was probably double just based on the 23M7 report on 12/31.

Your estimate falls within what I also crunched for November. I think I had 40M as lower bound, 94M as most likely and $150M as not unreasonable. I based mine off 7ER all 3 bases.

Hotel Kilo 01-15-2026 04:57 PM


Originally Posted by FangsF15 (Post 3992587)
Whatever it is, Ed said on the Earnings town hall, "it's got my attention". Getting the CEO's attention in a negative way is REALLY bad.

Posted on here a few times about this. Until the cost pain reaches the cross over point, they'll keep pluggin. Once it hits that point the bean counters' red sirens and alarms go off.

The only way this was going to end was if the bean counters sounded the alarm on the expenditures. Which they seem to have done. The 200m number is pretty close BTW.

Hotel Kilo 01-15-2026 04:58 PM


Originally Posted by OOfff (Post 3992573)
assuming $2000 per day (probably a fair if slightly high bet at $350-400/hour pay scale average), that means 50,000 days of 23m7. granted, i got my share but i don’t think 3 days per pilot was the average in dec across the whole seniority list.

so, the $100m figure is pretty doubtful to me

You'd be pretty wrong. Again. As usual.

CX500T 01-15-2026 05:12 PM


Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo (Post 3992595)
You'd be pretty wrong. Again. As usual.

Let's use the median seniority 7ER pilot (me, I'm 51% on the list)

EDIT: THIS WAS WORKING TO QUANTIFY $100m/MO

Last year, my hourly rate was $374.50
5:15 x that is $1965
But that's just the 23M7 "harmed pilot"
75%+ of the 23M7s I checked went as GS or IA. Let's just say the RES ones were free. That's an additional 1.5 x the $1965

$4913 per day of 23M7 coverage. Then there's the 17% 401k/MBCP
$5748 per 23M7 trip-day MINIMUM.
3 day median trip.

$17,243 per 23M7'd trip.
That's 5800 23M7d trips.

That's around 1 day of flights.

1 out of 30 trips being 23M7d vs what I saw when I checked 7ER ATL/NYC/LAX is well within the realm of reasonableness.

notEnuf 01-15-2026 05:18 PM


Originally Posted by Hubcapped (Post 3990861)
oh god not this again. You will enjoy ONE contract cycle with higher wages. All subsequent contracts will then match united and american and that ps check in febuary that could give you 30 years of extra money will have been invested for just a boost in one 3 year cycle. Auto no vote if they touch my ps

The dollar amount of the total payout is what matters. The lower percentage is just a function of increased wages each year. The wages are the meat the profit sharing lets us collect the gravy. There absolutely no reason to change anything with our profit sharing. NONE Any liquidation of the profit sharing would only dilute the long term value of the PWA for a short period and the industry will move wages to an equilibrium while the PS value would decrease permanently. Why we have to rehash this every year is beyond me. Education for those who don’t know I guess.

OOfff 01-15-2026 05:36 PM


Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo (Post 3992595)
You'd be pretty wrong. Again. As usual.

and yet, you’ll offer nothing other than this


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