For the record my personal # was $280 plus 4% and 4%. When comparing profit sharing this is not only a fair # it is a # the company can easily pay. However, like in the past our union decided pattern bargening requires the big 4 to do all the heavy lifting and for us to just trail along.
How about SLI:
Well I could almost guarantee the first VX pilots will be slotted somewhere between 2002 and 2006. This award will be a win for the very senior at AS and a huge win for the 50-80 percentile of the VX pilots, as the will have a monopoly of the near term upgrades. For the bottom 20% at both companies it will be just a neutral award. To be honest I would guess this group would be much more of a revolving door as these pilots leave for better careers and jobs that were just pipe dreams only a few years ago. Check back in a year... I would bet it will be very close