Originally Posted by
TankerDriver
Ooooooooh.... this definitely changes things. I was a no vote regardless. I've paid $1,800 in union dues already this year to APA for something ALPA gave us. I'm a little ticked and so should everyone else be. We'd still be at 6 or 12% pay raises right now with a bunch of people ready to hit the "yes" button.
There are some things that are easy to cut and paste, but the details are really, really important. For instance, "hey, let's have a self-directed MBCBP!", but MBCB plans cannot be self-directed. That's the whole point, is that it is a defined benefit plan, which gives you access to a different set of limits than DC plans. But DB plans cannot be directed by the recipient, they must be professionally managed. It took DALPA almost 3 years of work with professional finance houses to put together theirs. It's not something you pull off the shelf.
The 10 hour duty pay is not a rig. It pays no matter what, and is not offset by anything. For reserves, it's above guarantee.