Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
There is an LEC update that says cumulative inflation from Delta amendable date to August 2022 is 17.1 percent. The Delta pilot raise is 18 percent effective January 2023. The Delta pilots are behind inflation.
They have a fancy chart, but you get the idea. The pay rates, signing bonus, DC contributions, and deadhead section were never negotiated. That was all settled via the take it or leave it option at the end. DALPA had very little say in those sections so they are the weakest sections of the TA.
Come on now Hockey, tell it straight. Those sections were worked on and negotiated. They were not settled. But to say they had not been negotiated is false.
What is true is that the mediator told Delta to bring your best offer. This is what they brought. Mediator said it was above the “Zone of reasonableness”. So the MEC took it. IF they should have done it is up for debate, but it’s what we have now.