Originally Posted by
golfandfly
Again, you are always confused. 4.A.2.c was an agreement made while we were in 4.A.2.b. It was added to the Contract text in 2015. So, many of us have experienced it.
One of the negatives of the variable plan is hitting a high salary every year to maximize retirement benefits. You aren’t going to be able to do that during inevitable downturns and the company chooses to implement this section. The variable encourages hard work. One of the great things about our current concept (or a well designed FDA plan) is the ability to have lean years and still get your maximum benefit (assuming you’ve been able to get a high 5, which isn’t really difficult now).
Regardless it was an addition in the 2015 CBA as a full fledge contract provision and not an LOA. It added some sense of equality. My statement still stands that the bidpacks already have a big BLG difference top to bottom. Thats industry standard regardless of 4a2c/c
What was the pay rates in 1999? What was the pay rates prior to 2006? Pilots had to work hard to achieve the high five prior. In fact many never achieved it. So saying thats a new concept is inaccurate.