American Airlines vows to match Delta’s new pilot contract

As first noted by in the incomparable JonNYC, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom wrote a letter to its pilots vowing to match Delta’s new pilot contract, including its profit-sharing element:

• Payout pool goes to 10% of pretax earnings from 5% of pretax earnings

And of course there are raises:

• Narrowbody captain at top of scale up $135K to $475K annually
• Widebody captain at top of scale up $170K to $590K annually

Clearly American sees the writing on the wall and wants a contract executed posthaste. We’ll see whether this gets it done shortly.