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.
Huh?? I'm not aware of any provision in the T&PA that says our JNC must use the merger announcement date as the "zero date" to negotiate retro pay going forward.
Either way aren't you guys making less than we are? So either way shouldn't you get higher retro pay whether we use merger announcement date or our respective amendable dates?
But I see that your amendable date was one year after ours so maybe that is what you mean regarding a possible disparity. Not sure what the value of that year's difference would equate to but just thought it would still be worth more to your side.
I'm not sure either L-CAL or L-UAL pilots would be happy just giving up on the 1-2 extra years of money for the sake of simplicity to use the merger announcement date. Doesn't seem right to me that we should leave more money on the table for management. Would be another kick in the nuts to be told, "Here is your retro but really it only goes back to May 2010 not until January 2009."