If they work above that 78-83 hours, the pilots are paid premium pay, which is double time or triple time. It's good money depending on what the contract is. So, the airline schedules about 5 percent of its flights on this premium pay. They factor it in and they plan on it. And it leaves the airline 4-5 percent short on its flights.
Money is a big, big part of it.
A couple of months ago, United Airlines settled with its pilots for a contract. United had a terrible summer of labor problems in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest. They settled for a contract that gave the pilots a very, very lucrative financial package. Delta has already told its pilots we will give you a contract that is comparable to that, but the pilots' union says that hasn't been the case at all. So, the union isn't happy about that.