Originally Posted by
satchip
Not a lot of talk about the health care tax give back. The UAL guys published it in their examination of the TA. Apparently we pay more for health care so as to keep the company out of the Cadillac Tax zone. The company said we'll make it up to you in another part of the contract. There's where you're 8% comes from. These pay "raises" are totally self funded. Taking money from your savings account and putting it in your checking account is not a raise.
Since health care premiums are not based on age, and don't account for one's earnings, pilots at lower income levels/categories get a raw deal with such a regressive system. I guess that would pair well with the LCA OE pulls that would affect FOs and junior captains? Maybe it's time to have more babies/dependants to get more bang for my elevated health care premium bucks?!