Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

Check back a few pages and it was explained. That 1300 dollars is "advance pay."

That is part of the pain of converting to the advance pay system... the first one you get will be nothing or next to nothing. Everyone at DL goes through that once, either out of new hire training or for you guys after converting to our pay system. You'll get an extra check after you retire, as they say.

It's an oddity... but it is what it is.