Originally Posted by
Eck4Life
Not trying to really enter this fray even though I am one of the roughly 200 affected by this, but I have to enter my two bits as I've heard this a lot. The nice pay raise your telling us to be thankful for really didn't apply that much to us (the forgotten 200). If I were a block holder I couldn't disagree with you, but as we were the bottom 200 guys on the PMNW seniority list we were mostly stuck with reserve. NWA paid us 75 hrs min guarantee on reserve and then after the switchover DAL gave us 70. I've basically been getting min guarantee my entire tenure here (~3.5 yrs) since I think I've broken min guarantee only twice and even then not by more than 3 hrs. Not getting an extra five hrs of pay a month waters down the 'pay raise' quite a bit until you can be a block holder. Thx again age 65.
Not complaining as all of this is better than my previous gig, but am just trying to add some perspective.
Well put Eck. But I don't think all of the blame can be assigned to the age 65 thing. And let me weigh in with a little perspective from the south. Prior to the merger, I was a lineholder and averaging 78-80 hours a month. Since the merger, I've been pushed into reserve and have only broken the min guarantee twice. So, as a 2001 hire, I've taken a pretty significant pay cut as well.
As is always the case in mergers, most of us have taken a step back in our quality of life. I think most of us, with the exception of the top, most senior guys, have taken a short term hit. Keep your eye on the ball. Neither side has enjoyed a windfall.