Originally Posted by
scambo1
Every employee got equity in a new company.
Non contract employees just got payraises.
Some employees took a hit on their 401k contributions (not just junior FNWA) DAL FOs too - reduced from 13% if memory serves.
No furloughs was a management decision.
Scambo,
Delta needed our help with our scope to pull the merger off. ALPA did leverage our cooperation and did so in a way that avoided furloughs. Management did look at furloughing pilots. Then the economy, fuel prices, North Atlantic flying, and Japan's earthquake made a bad situation even worse. If you look around the airline, other employee groups have been cut. The provisions ALPA negotiated kept our junior guys on the job.
This is a course reversal for me. I thought we would have a furlough based on the numbers. Glad I was wrong and our MEC's confidence in what they negotiated was right.
Our next task is Contract 2012. I want to help you & Carl get a better contract. Will you guys help me? We need to stand together.