Except to break even = a COLA raise.
Push it back even farther and start in 2011,
So, hit your pay recap and then add the 5.9% of the cumulative rate of inflation since 2011.
Or,if you want to be a bit more accurate-go with the 3.8% since 2012.
100% confident that the TA rates will be above a simple COLA.
Just as I'm 100% confident that the pay raise doesn't equate to a 3% slope as so ably proven by our Block 1 rep