Originally Posted by
Flytolive
The pilot portion is both a pilot cost and $ in pilot's pockets. IOW you can spend it.Actually the vast majority of reserves make the guarantee or a number of hours rooted in the guarantee and again DAL reserves work up to two less days for more pay (QOL). Oh, if only it were so simple. Ever flown with someone who should have called in sick? Did you talk to a Delta pilot about why the company was so anxious to amend their sick leave benefit?
What is funny is how you previously tried to claim the DAL contract exceeded the UPA. At least now you agree that it actually is a matter of how much more valuable the PWA is than the UPA. Progress.
You just keep missing the point completely. I am sorry that you just do not understand what happens during negotiations. Costing is not done on how one feels, thinks, or believes it is based on expected $$$. Stop trying to tie in how much goes into a pilots pocket because it does not equate to how much the company believes it plans on paying. So no matter how much you disagree with reality, DAL management believes its current run rate costs for pilots is the same as UALs. Now you add in our TA on top of that they know they will need to add 400 mill to the next PWA just to keep pace.
One more thing, you do not quite understand how the DAL reserve works. If they are getting the higher end guarantee they are getting the same amount of days off as our reserves. They only get the extra day off on guarantee of 72-75 hours.
Not sure how you came to your conclusion but I will stick with my original and factual based analyses that with no changes to the UPA or PWA our pilot costs are equal or higher going forward.