Originally Posted by
Daytripper
It should be an interesting scenario as far as the size of the checks. Does management withhold the portion out of the pool that would have went to the CAL pilots in the event they cave on something? Then if they don't, do they redistribute those funds? I'm guessing they would throw it into the negotiating pile to make it look like they are bringing more money to the table. Unfortunately, CAL pilots have a history of falling for tricks like that.
The profit sharing pool is divided up as if all employee groups below a certain director level are eligible to receive it. Should any employee group (i.e. unionized contract group in other words) not be eligible to receive it, the money for that group is backed out of the pool and the remainder distributed normally. No employee will have their share inflated by another group's lack of participation (non-voluntary) in the plan.
That has been the way it has worked in the past and was even part of some Q & A before. Fewer employees in the eligible pool doe not increase any other employee's check amount.
That is not to say the company won't try to hold profit sharing over our heads like they did with the CAL FA's late last year on TA1 or this year on TA2.
I've already told the union that profit sharing should not be a negotiable item. If the company believes employees contribute to the operation AND the company believes in sharing profits AND we make a profit even if we were to have the richest union contracts in the world, then all employees should get it. Period. End of story. Everyone gets profit sharing when we make a profit and no one gets it when we don't. Because if a company is making profits even with high pay, then obviously the employees and, dare I say it?, management must be doing something right to make the operation successful.