Originally Posted by
Spicy McHaggis
Quite the improvements for what looks like not a lot of give.
Perhaps a delta driver will stop by and put this into plain English.
Basically.
We give a few hours give or take from our average line value each month. That is the only contentious part as our group was very militant about any kind of reduction to our average value line. Although this is a give it seems to be very minimal considering the company was seeking up to 15% reduction initially. We are now looking at some thing like a 5% reduction give or take depending on category. NB won’t see a huge hit , mostly WB.
We negotiated to lower our true line value which is normally 75-80 hours per month and then up and down from that baseline for pbs bidding .
Reducing TLV is a win as we have been crying for this after the past few summers of abuse. It will have a net result in requiring more staffing too. Due to this being a bit lower naturally now our monthly min will flex what we are being told 1-3 hours lower on average depending on category.
Reserve min guarantee is unchanged at a min of 72 hours.
The ones bearing the brunt of the cost savings are the UNA furlough group going from full 717 FO pay now to 30 hours, but it’s better than the alternative of zero.
retirement plan commitment yet to be seen as it needs some regulatory work done before company can proceed.
It will allow us to put our excess DC contributions in there to acrue vs being taxed when going into the regular pay check as it does today when one maxes out contributions.
Trigger for green slip which is our premium pay will go down making it a little easier to hit the trigger.
As a commuter the PS will be a nice add for the year.
Overall, I see this as a fair deal that saves our pilots without the group having to take a huge hit to save them.