From the March 2013 NAC update:

"APA $87 million valuations – The APA has completed the valuation phase of negotiations on how to apply the $87 million of annual contract improvements. If you recall during the roadshows, we presented how the APA intended to apply the $87 million and stated that the allocation was subject to change once the final valuation process was complete. During the valuation phase, APA received the most current information on projected training events, distance learning requirements, overall block hour projections and scheduling assumptions. After reaching agreement on valuations with updated data, two items from the original APA Board guidance did not make the final list of improvements. The APA Board of Directors was presented with three scenarios, which the AA and US managements had agreed met the valuation target. To meet the agreed-upon valuation, the APA Board decided to forego the originally proposed 30 months of pay protection and the 1:3.25 additional trip rig for pairings with more calendar days than duty periods. With these two items removed from the list, there was some value left over, which when reallocated, resulted in higher per diem rates than those in the original proposal. The revised per diem rates for domestic and international operations are:

Old Rates New Rates

2014 - $2.10/$2.30 to $2.10/$2.40

2015 - $2.20/$2.50 to $2.25/$2.75

2016 - $2.20/$2.50 to $2.30/2.80

2017 - $2.25/$2.60 to $2.30/2.80

2018 - $2.30/$2.70 to $2.30/2.80"

It wasn't nearly as good as the west long rate, but would have helped the sub 15 hour 3 days.