On Saturday, Feb. 16, you received a letter from ALPA President Captain Lee Moak stating that there will be a second 40 percent payment of the retro sum first tranche amount. Click Here to see Captain Moak's letter. This payment will be the identical amount you received in your first payment (which was also for 40 percent of the first tranche amount). We sent the authorization for this disbursement on Friday and the company has informed us this morning that they anticipate the checks will be sent on February 28.

If you have submitted a correction through the data verification website, you will not see any corrections incorporated in this payment. We are still reviewing data error submissions and are waiting on some data from the company to assist us in that process. We anticipate concluding that process in the next few weeks and any resulting adjustments in payments will be reflected in future payouts. Once all the data errors are corrected, the retro estimator website will also be adjusted so all pilots will be able to see their adjusted retro amounts. ALPA will communicate when the website has been updated in a future MEC update.

Captain Moak’s letter also referred to protests that have been filed through the ALPA Methodology Dispute Process. There are over 10 separate methodology disputes that have been filed regarding the UAL-MEC’s Retro Pay Distribution as outlined in LOA 24. We cannot go into detail as to the nature of those disputes ahead of the Executive Council’s consideration during their scheduled meeting next week but we will keep you updated as those disputes are handled within the dispute policy which is described in the ALPA Administrative Manual, Section 40, Part 3.J.