Originally Posted by PigeonF16

31 Dec 2015 would still trigger a raise. It's any time during a rolling 18-month period. Here's the cut and paste from 3.B.4.
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If, during any consecutive rolling 18-month period, the Company grants an across-the- board increase in base pay rates to non-pilot U.S.-based workgroups covering 30% or more of its non-pilot U.S.-based workforce, then a review of pilot composite hourly rates will be triggered.
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2 things to look at:
1. trigger to review pilot pay rates (other employee raises)
2. if triggered, how much do we raise pilot rates? (match lower of employee raises or UAL/AMR raise using contract formula).

Does anyone really think the company can sit back in record profits and not give any of its employee groups a raise? The company needs to give raises to the FA to entice them not to unionize; at least, that's what they've done in the past. (Whether the FA vote to unionize is up to them; I'm just saying management has typically sweetened things for non-union employees whenever it looked like it was getting close to unionize, and the FA union is gearing up for next spring).

3.B.4. was included in C2012 as a protection in case we didn't get a new contract on the amendable date for whatever reason. Compare 8/.26/3/3 with new scope, sick leave and work rule changes to 3/3/3/3 under current contract. Sure, 3/3/3/3 is not guaranteed, but it's very unlikely to go 0/0/0/0.