ShyGuy isn't a guy who is shy, that would be Shy Guy. ShyGuy is a character in the Super Mario Brothers game for SNES.
Anyway,
It would also mean getting an extra week of VAC 1 year earlier for lots of us too. And don't forget those accruals (vac,401k., payrate etc are an extra 2 months EVERY Future Year that pilot is employed at Pinnacle. Not just a 1 time 2 month deal...
Only a day or two additional. Per our last contract, from 12-59 months completed service, 2 weeks, 60 months and above, 3 weeks, etc.
There was no "in between." Now, we get a pro-rated amount of vacation day.
For example, assume one will have 52 months of completed service by the end of this year. Under the old contract, you'd just get 2 weeks.
But with the new contract, "more than 4 years service" accrues at a certain rate 1.75 and "more than one year" accrues at 1.16
So a guy with 52 months of service by the end of 2011:
His math..........
months 49, 50, 51, and 52. 4 months at "more than 4 years service."
4 x1.75 = 7
And for months 48 and below, it accrues at only 1.16 So the remaining 8 months were accrued at a rate of "more than one year"
8 x 1.16 = 9.28
7 + 9.28 = 16.28
Rounded to 16.
This pilot gets 2 weeks and 2 days (VAT) of vacation. Note how it prorates.
My argument is that adjusting the longevity by two months only nets you, at best, one or two days additional for vacation time. Not a full week. It could become a full week if you are around a Feb-March date of hire. But if that is the case, you'd be getting 2 weeks and 5 days vacation prorated before, and now, you'd get 3 weeks (just two days additional).
Do you see the difference?