Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
All you had to say is was, "we wanted to keep their pay down so that it wouldn't look like they were bringing quality jobs over. That way we could do better in the SLI."
As was stated above, the SLI process is supposed to be about the pre-merger jobs each group brought to the table. There was a "no prejudice" letter signed by the NWA and DAL MEC leaderships as part of the SLI process agreement that prevented each side from arguing that the JCBA rates were what they brought. NWA's SLI team tried (and failed) to violate that concept early in the arbitration.
Hey, if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying....
Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
By the way, are you trying to say that the number of airplanes you have helps determines it's pay rate?
I think the point he was trying to make is that NWA brought 61 "super premium" widebodies out of a fleet of 316 to the dance. Delta brought 268 of 444 aircraft that paid the same or better than those "super premium" aircraft. NWA also brought the 58-68 lowest paying aircraft jobs. While airframes alone don't determine pilot job value (pilot block hours on those airframes is a better read) it's all part of the SLI argument.