Originally Posted by whyydafu

I understand we are not a Legacy airline in any way, my significant other is an Airbus Pilot at DAL. We already know they get paid more than us. Here are SOME of Delta's QOL and soft pay off the top of my head:

- 12 hour or longer layover must be in metropolitan area

- Red / Green system is the same...drop / trade / swap as much as you want, just like us. Do not have to maintain a certain number of hours for insurance etc.

- Green slip for line holder (200%) (same as junior assignment, but goes from top of list to bottom)

- Health insurance almost as good, same price for cadillac plan, but has a $350.00 deductible per person...United healthcare as well. DAL has option for HSA gold, which is nearly the same as our diamond plan.

- Sick time - 240 hours after 5 years of service. Every year in June each pilot starts with 240 hours. After 100 hours used you need a note from your doctor. First-year pilots get 75 hours and it gradually goes up to 240 by end of year 5.

-STD - half of last 6 months pay with option to get full pay from Delta Pilot Medical Plan for up to 2 years in a career. Most guys do not use this if they have been at DAL for more than 5 years because they have 240 hours of sick time, which covers about 3 months.

-LTD - Half pay until your 65

- "rolling thunder for reserves" - get green slip (aka junior assigned to spirit pilots) They pay 100 percent on top guarantee and drop your next reserve day. If you dont have another reserve day in the month, you get a "payback day" which will drop a day of a trip with pay later on or add to vacation

Short call / Long call reserve. - Long call 12 hour call out with 24 hours on call. Seniority Order Can be converted to short call up to 6 times per month without additional pay, with 1 flight hour paid after 6. (it hardly goes above 6)

Rescheduling / Rerouted - paid at 200%

Min day - 5.15 hours guaranteed.

International override - 6.50 captain / 4.50 FO Yes that includes any time you land in another country

Profit Sharing every valentines day (Feb 14th) It is not a bonus, it is another paycheck, taxed as such. International FOs and Captains average $50,000 net

New hires get insurance the day they start. Pay during training approx $3000 per month. They have to buy a hotel / crashpad, but have option to go home on weekends and most do. Training is very low stress. Taking notes is not needed and discouraged.

AQP - training is much, much, much easier. Airbus - 8 limitations, 4 memory items. Type checkride is a LOFT (LOE) from right seat, the only time the FO flys the airplane is when it is transferred to him, so that the Captain can troubleshoot.

Option to go to different fleets but upgrade is same time, if not quicker, as Spirit on the Airbus. Max days worked on a wide body a month - 12 days

Again, I get it, we are not a legacy and do not expect to get as much as them, but what do you guys think? Is this proposed TA even comparable? Are we selling our souls to the devil for the pay? Can we get both Pay and QOL if we vote no? Or can we get something in between?

My opinion: The new pay might be doable, but the QOL needs to be at least what it was, because QOL with the current TA is industry standard, not industry leading.