Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
I don't think anyone here disagrees with your math here tsquare. I just have a few questions:
1. Where in the survey did it ask how much we wanted to paid above UsAir?
2. When did our MEC state that we'll be happy and not go forward with a traditional Section 6 as long as we can agree in an expedited manner to be paid above UsAir wages?
Because I missed that. I only remember an MEC Chairman that stated this expedited negotiations must produce a contract that satisfies our pilots based on their survey results. If those don't happen, we begin a traditional Section 6 process. The MEC reneged on that PROMISE.
Carl
Seems to me that we are going to be paid above everybody on the list. Including SWA.
YOUR pay metric won't necessarily be the same, and there ARE differences because of the DC contribution rates. But you have a full defined benefit plan... (probably not at 747 rates, and I guess it really must suck to have 330 rate to calculate it with...) There are many DAL pilots that will have more money in their pockets at the end of this agreement than will SWA pilots. It is a significant bite of the apple. The next dot on the scale.. which we will be able to start working toward as soon as the ink is dry on this one, will be the UPS 767 rates. And that will happen in less than 3 years. That is the dot that will keep you from leaving when you should.
So keep encouraging all the junior guys to vote this down Carl. YOU have nothing to lose..... You have yours.