Originally Posted by
JamesBond
Disturbing? yup. Surprising? not one bit. Do you think we would get full retro after 4.5 years in the box? Certainly ain't gonna happen with anything approaching a 14% (or hopefully more) pay increase. That 14.65% is about 3% per year compounded over those 4.5 years of negotiations. Is this a good deal?
You fail to mention they had the highest pay in aviation throughout those 4.5 years and just tagged on another 29% compounded over 5 years.