Total Compensation for legal chiefs of major U.S.-based airlines
Design by David Palmer/ALM
Editor's Note: Pay data for the top lawyers for American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines was not available because those lawyers were not included among the named executives in SEC proxy filings.
Delta
JetBlue
Hawaiian
Spirit
Frontier
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2021: $5,219,037, including $550,000 salary, $2,697,084 in stock awards and $121,929 in non-equity incentive compensation (NEIC). 2020: $3,618,050, including $343,750 salary, $2,325,177 in stock awards. No NEIC. 2019: $5,037,459, including $550,000 salary, $2,350,193 in stock awards and $1,278,200 in NEIC.
Delta Airlines
Chief legal officer Peter Carter
General counsel Brandon Nelson
2021: $1,006,668, including $438,750 salary, $319,994 in stock awards and $220,000 in NEIC. 2020: $944,176, including $390,000 salary, $312,495 in stock awards and $220,000 in NEIC. 2019: $1,027,687, including $403,333 salary, $374,978 in stock awards and $221,900 in NEIC.
JetBlue Airways
Chief legal officer Aaron J. Alter
2021: $1,485,586, including $440,000 salary, $639,777 in stock awards and $363,900 in NEIC. 2020: $1,320,083, including $376,125 salary, $891,072 in stock awards. No NEIC. 2019: $1,491,070, including $434,375 salary, $668,115 in stock awards and $307,456 in NEIC.
Hawaiian Airlines Inc. Now Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
General counsel Thomas Canfield
2021: $1,357,255, including $375,000 salary, $655,804 in stock awards and $311,261 in NEIC 2020: $975,717, including $364,063 salary, $597,103 in stock awards. No NEIC 2019: $1,61,826, including $374,167 salary, $552,902 in stock awards and $221,058 in NEIC.
Spirit Airlines
General counsel Howard Diamond
2021: $1,150,063, including $399,093 salary, $486,550 in stock awards and $255,720 in NEIC 2020: $1,660,174, including $395,854 salary, $1 million in stock awards and $256,954 in NEIC 2019: $1,150,563, including $367,481 salary, $276,816 in NEIC and $506,266 in other compensation. No stock awards.
Frontier Airlines