Originally Posted by
APC225
Work rules have value. If the new pay rate is the CAL scale UAL pilots will get retro pay, back to their amenable date of 1/1/10, based on this new scale. CAL pilots will get no pay-scale retro because their pay scales have not changed.
By the same token, if the new work rules are UAL's then CAL pilots will get a retro check, back to their amenable date of 1/1/9, based on the increased value of the work rules. UAL will get no work-rule retro because their work rules have not changed.
True retro is not just based on pay scales, it's based on the entire value of the new contract. P.S., neither CAL pay scales nor UAL work rules are acceptable in a JCBA.
Can you site some specific examples of retro work rules compensation? Traditionally retro compensation is linked to pay rates and if not, will pale in comparison to the compensation portion of the package.
End result being that unless there is specific language that veers from a traditional retro formula, the UAL Pilots will be receiving a larger retro check.