The 3% difference in retirement is small change compared to the ongoing funding requirements to maintain the NWA frozen pension. No Delta S pilot will share in the money that has to go into that account yet after 2012 everyone gets the same DC. Is that fair? There are dozens of areas in the joint contract where you can find inequities on both sides. Get over it. The JCBA is long done and ratified. Start planning on how to fill out your contract survey for 2012.

He'll be too busy complaining about how he got "screwed" in the merger!
Funny, what was the votes for/against the JCBA?:confused:

Like most pilots you obviously don't fully comprehend compounding interest. While 3% sounds like a small number we're talking a SIX figure difference in final retirement savings based on average returns.

I can comprehend why you think paying fNWA pilots with frozen pensions 3% less to make up for their frozen pension payments. Why do you think it's fair to pay fNWA pilots who don't have frozen pensions 3% less?

So if we were to hire, you're saying new hires deserve a better retirement plan than post 9/11 fNWA pilots?

Post 9/11 fNWA pilots had no vote, we were all on probation.

I agree that we should ALL move on, but the guys that got hosed on the longevity raises were JR DAL-N guys on probation that couldn't even vote on the JCBA. We are once again being punished to help the senior guys.:(

That's why it's so interesting to see the comments. Some of these guys proclaim to be looking out for the whole pilot group, then you see their true colors.

"You're lucky to be a Delta pilot!"

Puh-leeze. In my seniority I would have been 800 numbers lower than I am under the 08 "offer", and still 700 lower than DOH. With the limited credit for retirements and the better number I imagine most fNWA pilots faired far better under the arbitration.

Move on, The civil war is over....

You've got exactly what you brought to the table. It takes money to bring you up in every area. You could always just quit and attempt to get rehired. IF Delta hired you, you'd get their longevity and DC rules. :D

I don't recall the exact numbers, but didn't the JCBA pass by an overwhelming margin on the north side? 80-90% voted yes, as I recall. The probationary pilots could not have altered the outcome, even if they voted "no" as a bloc.

In fact, given the lopsided nature of the vote, it's tough to make the argument that anyone got thrown under the bus--

Thank you for that, fellow Delta pilot.