Originally Posted by
IBPilot
the annual 2% raises we DIDN'T get while the contract was in limbo. Not our longevity raises, our yearly COLA raises. The ones we see on Dec 1 of the new contract. That is what made it fair. I too faired better with the new way, but I still found nothing unfair about the original way for what its original purpose was. i believe the final formula was 50/50 w2/longevity.
There were plenty of guys who thought the 100% W2 method wasn't fair. The union, for some stupid reason, decided to put out the distribution money method before the TA vote. That way, the only way to show discontent for the bonus method was to vote TA1 down. Plenty of FOs did just that. What should have happened is that the union should have secured the 10 mil, got TA1, put that out for a pilot vote, and then once passed, had meetings to decide on bonus distribution. I was very vocal about this when I was there, so I don't want to hash it out again. It's too late, and I'll let bygones be bygones.