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Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
C2012 will be 3.5 years in duration on the amendable date. How you can call that a "very short contract" is beyond me.
Really it was 3 and you know that. Tell us about the length of the contracts at other airlines!
Before any one feels to bad for Carl remember his hourly pay rate at NWA before the merger was 178 an hour. The tough NWA MEC had locked that in for 6 years with tiny raises.
Carl then 178.00
Carl today 340.00 effective pay rate with the DC plan and profit sharing.
Carls effective raise since the merger by the totally worthless ALPA?
90% plus a bit!
Epic fail according to Carl!
Why do you constantly do this effective rate nonsense? Carl had a pension when you are taking about his 178 per hour, so if you are going to use profit sharing, which you shouldn't, and the DC plan, please include his pension. Also, you're comparing apples to oranges; legacy carriers were bleeding then, and Delta is making so much money right now it's giving it back to shareholders. ALPA isn't either extreme, in my opinion. They aren't some evil arm of management trying to screw the line pilot, but they clearly have made many mistakes, from scope to pension losses, pay, etc. A reasonable discussion of the union needs have both sides shown, and not just detractors and cheerleaders.