Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
There was no cost associated to the Delta contract for PS because we already had that as part of the PWA. Maybe this is where your misunderstanding originates. The 7B "contract" over 4 years is 7B of INCREASED costs. Is it possible you misunderstood this? I admit it is never (usually never) adequately explained in media accounts of the new contract.
These are my tangible facts. Did you possibly misunderstand what the 7B "contract " represented?
Are you absolutely 100% sure about this? Everything I see, including from the unions, is “A four year deal worth 7/8 billion”. I interpret that to mean exactly that. Not a 7/8 billion raise.
By this logic the pilot payroll alone over the next 4 years will account for about $12-14B. That doesn’t really make sense to me. Serious question.