Originally Posted by
Scoop
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
Actually I remember from my squadron mates that APA was offered the same Delta +1% on opening from AMR but the sticking point was that all future contract disputes would be decided via "baseball" style arbitration at which time the union said "no thanks" lets go section 6 talks, then boom went the dynamite.