Section 3.b.6 of the Delta PWA allowed the company to operate a new aircraft while we negotiated pay rates for it. The underlined section which I have highlighted allowed the pilots to park the fleet if after 6 months we had not come to an agreement on rates of pay. The company had to agree to our 777 pay rates or the 777 fleet would be parked. This provided the leverage to set the record reates of pay on the 777 and created the Delta "dot", which UALPA used to pattern off of.

Section 3.b.6



If aircraft other than the equipment listed above are placed in revenue operations, prior thereto conferences shall be initiated by either the Company or the Association under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, irrespective of Section 28 (Duration) of this Agreement, for the purpose of establishing rates of pay, rules and working conditions applicable to such new equipment. Such rates of pay, rules and working conditions shall be effective as of the date the equipment is placed in scheduled or non‑scheduled operation by the Company. Pilots shall fly such new aircraft in the Company's scheduled and non‑scheduled operation at such time as such aircraft are declared airworthy by the Federal Aviation Administration whether or not rates of pay, rules and working conditions for such equipment have been agreed upon; provided, however, that this obligation shall not continue if such rates of pay, rules and working conditions have not been agreed upon for a period of six (6) months after such new aircraft has been placed in operation by the Company.