Originally Posted by
CousinEddie
Explain exactly how the contract lags behind Delta. I'm not talking about your personal opinion regarding the quality of one section or another. I'm talking total annual dollar cost to the company. As I understand it, the TA is very near DAL in the first year and surpasses DAL in total dollar value after that. You say that it lags not by one year, but several years. What is the source of your financial analysis, in dollar terms only, that refutes what we are being told by the ALPA finance folks that say otherwise?
From FAQ:
1) Why are our pay rates less than DAL?
· Overall total contract value in 2013 matches DAL, then surpasses DAL in 2014
· We could have matched DAL pay rates in 2013 but we put the money in other areas of the contract
o 2013 our B/C fund defined contribution is 2% greater than DAL
o 2013 profit sharing percentage is greater than DAL
o Vacation value is greater than DAL
o Health care plans are better than DAL
o M5D rig will increase our W-2 compared to DAL despite lower pay rates
Ultimately the money was spent on items which are typically harder to bargain for than pay rates and we wanted to use the leverage we had now to lock these down. Although retro can never be considered as anything other than money unjustly withheld by the Company’s delay tactics, the 2013 Retro installment will close the gap in our take-home pay when compared to DAL.
Somebody has been drinking a little too much kool-aid at the road shows.
I guess all the UAL pilots need to know is "Cherry or Grape?"
My best advice to L-UAL is to talk to the UAL guys flying at CAL right now. Talk to them about contract abuse and how the company interprets the contract in THEIR favor.
The language of this TA is NOT strong enough to prevent this from continuing for another 4 years and beyond. Don't be swayed by a few extra dollars in your pocket. If this gets past the pilots, there will be a big "I told you so" 6 months from now when you see the company's interpretation of this POS TA.
Do what the Union has asked you to do. Look at the TA as a whole, not just the money. Look at the changes in you Quality of Life. The company is buying 51% of the pilots and that's all.