Professor or SinkR8-
I have a question about the TA.

1. ALPA's Negotiator Notepad for today contains this statement:

"The Company expects to be ready to fully implement the new sick leave items by the end of the year. In the interim, the look back periods for both the verification and medical release thresholds will look back no further than the beginning of the current sick leave year, June 1, 2015."

However, unless I missed it, that is not what the contract says. There is nothing in there about limiting the look back to June 1, 2015. How can ALPA make that statement? Is there a Side Letter or MOU or something that we have not been shown?

The way the new contract is written, the look back language will put a large number of pilots over the "Medical Release Threshold" on the day we sign this thing. Those pilots will IMMEDIATELY have to start verifying every sick day and release their medical records to Delta's DHS doctor and the Senior VP of Flight Operations.