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Old 10-27-2015 | 12:56 PM
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My first answer is the only one they need to read, though it made me fill in all the other answers in order to submit. Emphases added.

My single most important goal is RESTORATION of compensation, work rules, and benefits to a level commensurate with the professionalism, sacrifice, and investment of the pilot force and the resultant financial success of Delta Air Lines. Restoration has occurred in executive compensation and stockholder returns, as is just. It is equally just that restoration now occur for the pilot group. All pilots of all seniorities have sacrificed through the past several years, whether through pay and benefit cuts at DAL proper, trickle-down effects in regional and corporate flying, or honorable service in the military over the past two and a half decades of war. Restoration must include:

- Restored compensation, to inflation-adjusted pre-bankruptcy levels. I am perfectly fine with including profit sharing in these computations.

- Restored benefits. Healthcare must be industry-leading. Pensions must be restored, whether through reinstatement of defined benefits, dramatic increases in defined contributions, or a combination of both.

- Restored work rules. Involuntarily exceeding 75 hours in a month should be an exception, and compensation, work rules, and staffing should reflect that value. A day of training or vacation should pay the same as a day of work, and vacation accumulation needs to be restored as well.

Restoration does NOT include concessions in scope, sick policy, LCA trip removal, or other areas. DAL may not transfer the ACA "Cadillac" tax burden to pilots.

...and then I ran out of my 1500 character limit.
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