Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
I can't remember how long this was in place for, but you are pay protected between what you were MD'd from and the next highest seat you can hold - anywhere in the system. If you can't hold anything higher than what you are MD'd to, then you retain your previous payrate. Unless you're in a junior base it really isn't much of a player, because almost everyone in the company can hold something better in NYC or DTW.
I think formerdal is right too. Not sure exactly when it expires, but I don't think the provision is valid for too much longer. It was put in to help soften the blow of post-merger base realignment and the resultant displacements (which have been minimal IMO)
I got 767B pay for 3 years while flying the MD88. I know you can only draw the pay for 36 months but I didn't know it was only offered for a limited time.
To chime in on the other discussion... I've seriously thought about leaving DAL to go to SWA, AMR or FDX but neither has called so it made my decision easy. I do however keep my resume up to date... which is something (I'm sure) none of our Captains ever did. It's a different world and DAL isn't the top anymore.
What I find interesting is that most of the guys on active duty don't want to have anything to do with the airlines, even after 10 years of continuous deployments.
We've got a lot to fix and hopefully we make HUGE gains with this next contract. I'd hate to go back to my engineering job.