Originally Posted by Trip7

You stated the raises barely keep up with inflation. Many bring up the inflation argument and it's a compelling argument in regards to buying power. But what is always not mentioned is how inflation also affects our current rates. Whatever raise we get holds that same percentage vs our current contract, so it's irrelevant to call C2015 a 6/-2/1/1 raise because the C2015 has a raise of -2/-2/-2.

Secondly the reduction of profit sharing self funds 6%. So a 21% raise over 3 years is truly a 15% raise. Not a home run but that's a decent chunk of change. And we'll be back to the table in 2018, 2 years before AA's CURRENT deal expires