Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
As someone mentioned in another thread, that extra 5% would mean more money in your pocket if it was in a 9% pay raise instead of a 4% raise and 5% more DC. I’d rather take it in a raise.
Forget the 20% DC and lets go with a new DB... See, I can play that game too!
I do agree with your desire for improvements to medical. I would carry it further to include Medicare supplemental insurance after turning 65......dare I say retirement medical....
Yes, please everyone take the survey.
Denny
I actually have a couple reasons it could be advantageous to have the money in DB.
First, the increase is likely going to be based on a monetary value, not a percentage. So you aren't going to see a larger increase by having the percentages all in a raise.
Secondly, contract comparison is normally done using the base hourly pay rates.
Just like previous discussions involving the profit sharing advantage going away after one contract cycle once combined into rates, the same thing would happen here. The more places we put money that are not in the base pay rates, the easier it will be to keep the advantage in upcoming contract cycles as other airlines increase their base pay.