Originally Posted by
Coach67
There is the argument ... wouldn't it be Merger Announcement Date for the JCBA to JCBA signing. Would CAL pilots really expect to be made whole back to the CAL amendable date? After all both sides (CAL and UAL) agreed to dispense with their individual Section 6 bargaining and restart with the JCBA? That's what both sides agreed to in signing the T&PA. Or are the CAL pilot's saying that the T&PA agreement (along with the extra one year of Profit Sharing and its expiration) is just so much fluff and can be negotiated around by either pilot group to the detriment of a JCBA? Just sayin.
Seriously? You want to worry about who gets more retro pay in a JCBA that may never even happen? But just to clarify what you are talking about is the difference between retro pay and a "signing bonus". I was told (by Pierce - and I know how much you guys think of him) that the clock was reset and retro would only go back as far as the MAD. Our increase in hourly rates will be proportionately smaller as well. Some sort of parity is supposedly reached by obtaining UAL work rules. But there's plenty to argue about without hypotheticals - do you really need to make up stuff to worry about before it even happens - if ever? "Just sayin"