Originally Posted by
jerryleber
Sorry, but that is an obviously false equivalency. Delta's sick leave, STD and LTD as a whole are FAR superior to United's. We don't even have a STD plan. What good is a large accrual if you don't use it, and these programs are for when you are sick or injured not when we are healthy.
Well, if you will read my post I addressed "sick leave accrual". Nothing more nothing less. I am pretty sure I didn't wrap STD and LTD into the discussion did I ? I was only making sure the scanners on APC didn't assume that Delta got 280 hrs sick hours/year and accrued it year after year as UAL does.
The UAL possible large sick leave accrual(healthy individual) could enable a UAL pilot to cash in at retirement(pennies on the dollar) or sick out for the last couple of years, thereby cashing in on the whole value. So, lots of ways to skin the cat. Establish a UAL STD, fix the LTD and make payout of accrued sick leave 1:1,
OR migrate to what Delta has in some form (sick leave, STD and LTD).
It's a little disingenuous to say Delta is superior at this stage because you are comparing a new contract(Delta) to a UAL contract that is 7 years old.
So, I think your "false equivalency arrow" shot in my direction misses the mark.