Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1585309)

Last time I was there in Sept 2011, the DC-10's were gone. :( I looked all over trying to find them.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1585302)

Lufthansa, Virgin, and British Airways aren't exactly known to be low cost liesure carriers nor have low paid pilots....

You've really been digging yourself into holes the last 24 hours. Might be time to put down the shovel for a bit. ;)

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1585313)

Hey check it out, say you live in Germany and want to go to go ride the Barnstormer at Disney World with your crumb crunchers this Saturday and leave next Saturday. Here are your Orbitz provided options as of right now...

Air Canada $1,989
Air France $1,174
airberlin $2,161
American Airlines $1,900
Austrian Airlines $4,378
British Airways $979
Brussels Airlines $4,004
Delta Air Lines $909
Finnair $1,959
Iberia $1,281
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines $909
Lufthansa $2,332
SWISS $2,078
United Airlines $1,159
US Airways $930

Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1585344)

You might want to check Thompson and Monarch as well. What does Virgin Atlantic charge?

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1585346)

I don't know, they didn't come up. Stby...

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1585338)

You might check on the pay at Virgin. Branson talks a good game but pays his people peanuts.

A study of average salaries by the Civil Aviation Authority put the top earners at British Airways (£107,600), followed by Virgin Atlantic (£89,500), Monarch (£80,100),Thomson Airways (£78,300), Thomas Cook Airlines (£75,200), Easyjet (£74,100), Jet2.com (£69,900) and bmi (£58,300).

Read more: Virgin strike: Sir Richard Branson sends letters to pilots | Mail Online

That means the top earner at Virgin made less then 150,000 as a 747 Captain in 2011.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1584963)

If you believe so strongly in the wisdom and benevolence of management and place so much trust in them, then why do you support ALPA?
Is a union even necessary?

We "force" Mr. Anderson to do a lot of things that are "unprofitable". Maybe we should just get rid of that pesky contract.

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1584975)

Very true.

I've noticed that tsquare is opposed to any measure or initiative desired by the pilot group that would cost Delta more money. He's taken it upon himself to tamp down our costs.

Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 1585051)

Pay rates used to be based on stacking the deck for retirement, now however, you want to earn more money at the start of your career. So LBP helps younger pilots more so than older ones.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1585071)

you want to overnight in a place in the midst of their civil war?

you know The 617 is an exclusive club of thinkers and if you keep picking destinations in the midst of a civil war we are not going to invite you in. :D