Originally Posted by
GenX
Dalpa crafting the SL policy would not surprise me. During Bankruptcy if you were out on LTD you lost a sizable portion of the various payouts. I can't recall the specifics, but it was as much a 25-50% less than the other pilots.
Wait and see, when it comes to the payout of the JV money they will more than likely exclude LTD. It appears that Dalpa's attitude towards LTD and SL is that people who use it are lying and cheating.
Not surprisingly, one of "our" current negotiators (Heiko's replacement) was the guy spearheading the LTD screw job you describe above. He went so far as to call guys on LTD at the time "criminals." And he did it in a PowerPoint presentation. And now he's the guy negotiating our sick leave.
He and some other familiar names did everything they could to lower the payout to LTD guys.
There was a DFR lawsuit, but it was dismissed on a statute of limitations technicality. Otherwise it was a slam-dunk.