scambo1

Diggin the jacket.

Carl Spackler

Thirded.

Anybody posts the 100,000th besides Guard Dude deserves to be Tool of the Day for a year.

Carl

forgot to bid

I AGREE!!!!!

Jesse can help. He's our version of the dudes in vegas handing out those trading cards.

forgot to bid

And since no new ones are onthe way from what I understand, what Delta did was ensure we don't lose yet another source of Jet A therein further driving up a large crack spread despite an oil price drop.

Denny Crane

I doin' great!! Just biding my time by pulling out my hair while I wait to see whats in the TA!!

Denny

scambo1

May I suggest Canadian Club and 7? It seems to help.

DAL 88 Driver

While we're all waiting, here are some interesting facts to mull over...
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SWAPA has officially stated that their average Captain makes over $230,000/year. They go on to say that their average pilot gets 105 TFP/month. The current 12 year Captain rate at SWA is $186.06. So, at 105 TFP/month, that translates into an annual income of $234,436, which is consistent with their statement of "over $230,000."

They get a 9.3% company match for their 401k. So, they have to contribute 9.3% in order to get the match of 9.3%. Of course, this is still money that is paid to them. But they cannot use it for living expenses if they want to get the benefit of the 9.3% company contribution. So you could look at it that their average Captain pay is $212,634 (before taxes of course) and they are getting an 18.6% DC contribution.

There is also profit sharing, which for the past 5 years has averaged 8% at SWA. As I understand it, their profit sharing goes into their 401k too.

So, total compensation for the SWA Captain (including DC and profit sharing) = $234,436 + $21,803 (company match) + $18,755 (profit sharing) for a grand total of $274,994.

Assuming our average MD-88 Captain flies 80 hours per month at the current 12 year rate of $168, that translates into an annual income of $161,280. Add in the 14% DC contribution of $22,579 and the profit sharing he got for last year of about $7500 for a grand total of $191,359.

For our MD-88 Captain to have total compensation equal to an SWA Captain, he would need $83,635 more, which would be a percentage increase of ~44%.
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Oh... and Section 1 (scope) must take very positive steps to reverse the outsourcing. Read my lips: NO NEW RJ's!

Scoop

Blue,

These numbers often represent capacity of the Delta "system" which includes DCI and possibly even some JV (not really sure about JVs). So DCI can be getting reduced more and mainline less etc.

As far as the 717s, even if we are getting them, which is still not known, they would trickle in slowly and probably wouldn't be online in any great number until next summer at the earliest anyway.

And relax Gloopy - if we do get the 717s, they will be sans Pilots.

Scoop

iceman49

I believe there are another 2 for sale, one if not both from ConnacoPhillips. One is in Marcus Hook, Pa

bluejuice71

Excellent post DAL 88 Driver. People need to be reminded of how far we've fallen and what it would take just to match SWA. This TA better address the inequities or it'll be a no vote from me.