Originally Posted by
TFAYD
I am confused. Do we care about the final rate in $ or some stacking of percentages? If we were at 100 and want to get 125 does it matter whether we get there 100 + 5 + 20 or 100 + 25? Specifically if the 5 comes early?
The trick is that between our amenable date & today, we negotiated a SEPARATE 5% through the pandemic LOA, so it’s important that bringing us in line with inflation and/or Delta rates happens OUTSIDE of that 5%. As long as you understand that, no, it doesn’t really matter how you get to the end number, but you have to understand that (using your 20+5 example) the company will try to give you 5+15 & convince you to count the 5 twice.
Ex 1: Inflation since 2019 is roughly 18%. TUMI 3 RATES are 20% higher than 2019 rates. Company claim: we’ve exceeded inflation by 2%. Reality: they’re borrowing against your 5% to make a sub-inflationary raise appear adequate.
Ex 2: TUMI 3 RATES exceed Delta by 2%. Company claim: UAL is industry leading. Reality: Section 6 raise put you 3% behind Delta.
Ex 3: TUMI 3 DOS increase is 20% putting us 6% above Delta. (Hypothetical numbers only.) This passes the sniff tests since the Section 6 raise exceeds inflation & Delta rates even without relying on the LOA 5%.