Here's my last effort on this subject, I think I've made my point.....
Guvnor.....Your original claim was to the effect that "if D-ALPA was allowed the pay raise they're asking for pilot salaries would account for 70% of Delta's costs and that's plane crazy".
Magnificently, you then provided figures that show the real initial labour cost (read investment) to be around 7% and AFTER the raise a WHOPPING 9% !
So you were only off by a factor of nearly EIGHT.
You then added that "of course, although the airlines gross 18% the poor folks only get to "keep" around 3%".
You don't think that's anything to do with smart accounting, do you ? Even I can manipulate a set of figures to show only what I want and "hide" the difference.
I'm not suggesting for one second I have the mental capacity to run an airline. I can fly an aeroplane , that's it. But I do know that while the people that run my airline may have been born at night, it wasn't last night!
So, in light of the previous discussions, will you be looking into your crystal ball for the phrase " maybe they aren't overpaid" or will you be busy preparing to open your first Post Office?
Cheers,dd.