Originally Posted by
Sputnik
As a military retiree I [for the moment] have pretty great healthcare. There are quite a few of us at DL.
Consequently healthcare isnt a super high contract priority for me. I concede that I may be shortsighted on this. What changes do your foresee that would motivate this chunk of our pilot group?
There are also quite a few of us here at DL who are not military or military retirees. Healthcare is a super high contract priority for a lot of us. Delta is now hiring a lot (70%+) of regional/non-military guys who do not have the healthcare options that you and others have had in the past. We want healthcare and we want it at a reasonable price.
As WhiskeyDelta said (and I have no idea what regional he worked for) but I had a child at my regional airline and from pregnancy to birth it cost me a single co-pay of $15.
At Delta that same birth is in excess of $5,000. Premiums here are insanely high, coverage is not good, and deductibles are high as well.
In future contracts you are going to see a lot more of us who treat insurance as a big ticket item.