Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
I agree, my point was mainly to point out that a good chunk of us on the NWA side arent getting much at all towards retirement. You guys get the 12% and some of our guys have a frozen plan and smaller contribution until 2012. BUT the majority of us on the bottom half of the NWA list dont have a frozen plan and or dont get the 12% until 2012 while we play "catchup". So from now until 2012 I'm getting considerably less than guys junior to me on the list that are on the DAL side.
on top of that i dont even get my longevity pay bump at DOH like whats written in the contract. We were specifically written out of getting paid the same way as the rest of the pilot group thus this complaint.
We passed resolutions to at a minimum get our pay at DOH like everyone else and like i said the MEC shot it down and didnt even consider it even though it passed unanimously at each base it was passed.
Everyone i talk to didnt even realize this was happening and EVERYONE agrees that we should all be paid the same way per the contract, AT DOH! To write the small number of us effected out of getting paid the same way as all of you is just BS. The contract states that longevity is given on DOH so thats how it should be for ALL delta pilots.
<stepping down of pedestal>
Super, this is what i was trying to state in my earlier posts but failed to put it as clearly as you did.
You stated in another post that this was brought up to the MEC and they shot it down? I didn't know that. Was there a reason given? I would really like to hear their line of thinking for throwing this out. It continues to amaze me how many people affected by this don't know anything about it. As I have stated before, it is the principle of this that pi$$es me off. The contract says pay bumps occur at DOH. What it should say is "pay bump occurs at DOH, unless you are a FNWA pilot, then your pay bump is the way it was under the old contract that doesn't exist anymore".
I understand that this only affects a handful of people, but the fact of the matter is it's a violation of the contract. I am outraged to hear that the MEC passed on the chance to fix this. I am going to try and get to the bottom of why they would do that. I'll post my findings.