I'm just trying to help you understand how these payrates were sold to the DAL pilots. They did not compound. They were not pensionable. They were back pay only for that specific year in which the pay was earned. In other words, it was a bonus only. If that meets your definition of 'retro' then fine, but know that you are selling yourself short. I hope you learn from our mistake.

I urge you to do the math for both conditions. It just might wake you up to what is and what isn't retro.

Oh, and alpa gets a cut no matter what as well as the .gov.