Originally Posted by
TOGA LK
Nu,
Lots of reasons why we won't be one pilot group for some time. My reason is tied up with Moak writing a letter to the pilot group, after not hearing from him for two years, to only find out he wants a national ALPA pension and oayraise. My main grief with his Black Swan series is the MEC's complete ignorance in the fact that not all pilots are getting a 13% retirement benefit. Yes about five different retirement programs out there, but there are 180 fNWA pilots getting 7% DC and 2% 401k while newhires are getting 12% this year and 13% next year.
For reasons like this DAL is a job, no more special than the last one. Really hoping Lee gets the boot and DAL pilots get some meaningful representation by an organization with mainline interests at heart
At APA the union voted to change the policy to mirror ALPA in that the LECs vote for the MEC chairman, it was soundly defeated.
Time for regime change at a minimum and better yet an in-house union.
Of course you will end up with a lot more retirement then the new hires you talk about because you received a large chunk of money to front load that account via the stock negotiated. A new hire will not get dime. Front loading 40k in a DC retirement plan is worth far more then the difference in DC ongoing funding. I would have preferred it was the same for everyone and it was in the first joint contract. Why the NWA negotiating team allowed the change I don't know. It all becomes equal in two years. The second joint contract had reductions in many areas including the first pay raise. I realize you will not be getting anything from the NWA pilot retirement plan but the funding requirement for that plan have been huge and have far exceeded what a former Delta pilot is getting in DC money since the merger.