Originally Posted by sailingfun

Just to be clear time always works for management not pilots. Management loves time! The Delta deal was a classic of time. Delta pilots settled for less than 20% of what they opened for and they took absolute peanuts for the first 3 years of the contract. The cost to the company for the first two years was virtually nothing. Two 4% non compounding not pensionable bonuses. The third year a 12% bonus. For 3 years management had zero increase in work rule costs, retirement and insurance. Once signed the raises seem nice but averaged back to the amendable date were a single not a home run. Managements love time.