Some people would disagree with that

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/op...ed-to-fly.html

Grow up...

I thought he was referring to the airplanes. :D

As to the other, you are always gonna find the exception. I think most will continue to do well until inundated with obomacare entitled free medical seekers..

I've had this discussion with several Delta pilots recently. They see either pay banding or longevity pay as the primary solution to our training capacity problem when we hit 800+ retirements per year. They see it as one of the primary negotiating items the company will want in the next contract. Most pilots I talk with look at this favorably. Not sure about the unintended consequences, but that has been discussed on this forum previously.

I think it'll depend on how aligned the categories start from a seniority perspective. It could take years to integrate the pay bands from a seniority stand point, not to mention the rush of training events that the pay banding would cause. In this case I think we're already behind the 8 ball unless they start the pay banding yesterday. If they wait until 2016 it could be too late.

Perhaps DAL just isn't interested and they think the current seat locks are a good enough disincentive.

Sorry Elvis, apparently responsible parenting isn't cool. :rolleyes:

You may have covered this already, but with any plan like this, there will be winners and losers. Have you done the math to give us an idea of what the pay rates would look like? I would like to see the pay cuts that those in higher-paying categories would take to equalize rates. I'm assuming you would do this (or have already done this) on a cost-neutral basis.

At some point, you can loosen the reins. My kids are 19 and 22.

Well, that's different. Mine are 17, 14, 11 & 9. If they were out of the house, no big deal.

I came up with that as follows:

$1000 - preventive - 100% covered by Delta
$3000 - the deductible - 50% covered by Delta with HRA dollars
$40,000 - the coinsurance amounts - 80/20 covered by Delta until your portion equals $5,000

So, you pay $1500 + $5000.
Delta pays $1000 + $1500 + $32,000

Then you reimburse Delta a portion of their costs thru your premiums.

I don't know where all the money is going, but somebody's getting wealthy off all this.