Originally Posted by
LAXtoDEN
AA has a richer total package (8B). They didn’t raise the bar, they matched our pay rates at Delta to the literal penny, then spent the rest of their negotiating capital on better work rules. Only weak spot I see is their sick bank, but they do receive a max 200k payout at retirement. Also the sick bank is a carryover, not use it or lose it.
For the second time APA used DALPA’s resources during their negotiations. They created a APA-ALPA merger committee under false pretenses, then after the AIP and TA language was negotiated they voted down the merger. I think 67% AA pilots voted in favor of a ALPA merger? So they voted down the majority. It was just a bait and switch tactic (again) to utilize ALPA resources and ALPA’s president (JA) is not happy about it.
It was a pole to see who wants to explore a APA/ALPA merger. 67% voted yes,
BUT only 53% of the pilot group even voted. So 47% of the group was actually so disinterested with the idea of exploring an ALPA merger that they didn’t even vote. Then 33% of those that voted said no.
It’s a very disingenuous way of framing the conversation and people are noticing. The pro ALPA folks at AA are using the same misleading language and it’s turning people off.