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Old 12-15-2015 | 03:23 AM
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Chuck Essential
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Originally Posted by notEnuf
No matter how long this takes, commingling PS (3I) with rates kills 3B4. As they exist now 3B4 specifically deals with rates, driving them to industry average when non-cons get raises. 3B4 could be strengthened by making it an independent annual review either after the amendable date or every year.

Pipe dream, I know. Why should we expect to get industry average pay rates? That's just ridiculous.

PS (3I) is our return on investment during bankruptcy and a Delta specific bankruptcy related benefit. Don't touch it.


Modifying this into more of a substantial “me too” is a good idea, but that is subject to negotiation.

3 B.4 provides the pilots a pay raise only when Delta 757 rates are below the UAL/AMR average TOS 757 rates when the trigger event occurs. As currently written, it doesn’t drive Delta pilots to industry average. It only raises Delta pilots by an amount which is the lesser of the non-contract employee (NCE) raise or the difference between Delta and AMR/UAL average.

We can expect about a 0.05% bump as a result of the 14.5% NCE raise that triggered the 3 B.4 review on Dec 1. This is due to some UAL 757 fleet changes that raise the AMR/UAL average TOS pay rate above the previous review triggered April 1 when Delta NCEs received a 4% raise, which resulted in a 0.55% raise for the pilots, the lesser of the two.

While Section 6 negotiations are ongoing, 3 B.4 will provide the trigger for a review. If the company were to provide a 1 or 2% pay bump to the NCE’s in 2016 and the pilot contract negotiations have not been resolved (i.e., no change in the current language), the trigger will result in the pilots getting raises equal to the NCE raise even though AMR/UAL will be over 10% higher after Jan 1, 2016.

Profit Sharing should have nothing to do with 3 B.4. This paragraph (3 B.4) is a pay rate comparator and adjustment mechanism. Period.

Keep 3 B.4 and 3I separate.
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