Originally Posted by
Timbo
How did we arrive at C2K pay rates in the first place, and can we replicate that strategy?
1. We were coming off a crappy 1996 contract, the pilots were P.O.'d, just like today.
2. The company was making record profits, just like today.
3. The MEC was educating the pilot group through family awareness meetings, and openly talking about what it would take to "Restore the Profession"...unlike today.
4. We had used the leverage provided by 3 B. 6. and the new 777's to set the "Delta Dot," a huge pay rate for the 777. UAL pilots then leveraged that to arrive at a new contract that was higher than the bar set by the new 777 rate. We then went after UAL +1%, achieving that with an average 16% increase on Day One.