No, of course not. But that doesn’t mean it’s not righteously frustrating to have them only exactly match our rate (and the rest of our gains), and not raise the bar just a little. Their AIP looks amazingly like ours in many ways.

UA’s VEOP-era staffing furlough-avoidance deal included an auto 5% raise when profitability returned (2 quarters?), in exchange for the 1/3 pay cut structure of that deal.

Many are expecting UA Mgmt to try to incorporate that raise into their AIP, effectively negating it. However, most pilots are expecting to get that 5% on top of the match to Delta (and now AA) rates.

TBD if UA pilots stand stronger than AA did.