Originally Posted by
snowdawg
Almost. Company wanted 777 really bad, and union said $300 per hour. Company laughed, a year later we signed 777 at 300 an hour. Then UAL took that number and applied it to their 1999 contract all the way down to their 737. We in turn for contract 2k asked for UAL +1% and we got it. Contract 2000 UAL +1% was with Malone.
Yep - the United guys called that the
"Delta Dot" since on a pay rate graph it was all by itself way above the curve.
This started the successful but short lived pay rates of 2000 for UAL and DAL. Unfortunately for AMR they never quite made it there since they were in negotiations when 9-11 hit.
Scoop