Originally Posted by
scambo1
I think this discussion above highlights one of the most significant (potential) whipsaw tools available to management - retirement funding. I caution everyone to be aware that there is a difference between the two groups in this regard and try to see what happened, but resolve in your own mind to be a bigger person despite the differences. This is an area I see as a potential barrier to unity going forward and WE must consciously guard ourselves from being drawn into the destructive fray it can cause.
Scambo
It needn't be destructive, but believe me, there are quite a few Delta dead zone guys who are acutely aware of this retirement discrepancy. The NWA pilots are extracting nearly a billion dollars (maybe more) over the life of this JCBA that is not available to any Delta pilots.
Similarly situated pilots at the two airlines are going to have vastly different retirements due to NWA retaining the defined benefit.
It might become a goal in 2012 to reduce that disparity via increased DC funding for those who took the biggest loss and who are in a certain age bracket.
In other words - bring back the matrix.