Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
It is exactly this level of cowardice that we should all fight against.
I truly believe that your view is a minority one. You're typical of the very junior pilot who never knew anything close to C2K rates, thus you never knew what a 50% pay cut felt like. Inflation based increases from here feel great to you.
We're going to bring the profession back to where it was a decade ago...despite your best efforts.
Carl
Carl, The retro pay I have seen has always been just a few percent. I believe that was also the case at NWA. Normally a very small raise is applied at the amendable date and then a larger raise at the signing date. Even then often the retro is listed as a signing bonus. That means that pilots no longer on the property don't see any of it. Since the pilots voting don't usually care the signing bonus passes.