Well here is the history on that.

06. We gained QOL and pay was increased. Grid penalties were gained. International pay was increased. Those who had been here the longest gained the most. "there was no more money left to improve the pension"

11 Bridge contract one year with another one year extension if ratified by the pilots, shocker, it was extended for the 3% pay increase. Why was the bridge contract necessary, go read the MEC chairman's letter of the 28th of DEC 10.

15 MEC did not lead and the infighting was horrendous. They tried to work with the company for mutual benefits. Pillars were not clearly established with solid goals to fight for, the NC failed to improve the pension and the MEC excepted the failure. And oh yeah, we ran out of money after spending $14.1 million. We has 418K in the MEC coffers in the end.

Six years later here we were back in '21. Your pension is now worth a lot less. In 20-30 it will be worth a lot less still. Every negotiation becomes the foundation for the next. Fix pension now or good luck in the future, you can work from $130K now or then, it is your choice.


All that said, we are worth it, and we should demand industry leading everything and our pension should be brought up to the '99 standard. IRS limits were good enough then, they should be good enough now.