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daldude 08-05-2014 05:40 AM


Originally Posted by gzsg (Post 1699450)
Shiz

You asked my seat/year/rate in 2004.

757A/19th year/$256/hr plus inflation you do the math.

This was 10 years ago so I'm not positive. John Parker posted one of my NWA forum posts from 6 years ago on the other forum so I'm sure you can verify the data above for us.

Date of signing 20% plus some inflation is more than fair. It's not enough, but it is fair. Assuming we don't touch our profit sharing.

Jerry

Sounds good! That would have my vote.

scambo1 08-05-2014 05:56 AM


Originally Posted by daldude (Post 1699481)
Sounds good! That would have my vote.

So you're good with the top end scope shenanigans?

DAL 88 Driver 08-05-2014 06:31 AM


Originally Posted by Alan Shore (Post 1699479)
While I cannot speak for how communications affect anyone else, these are the pieces that raise my expectations for C2015:

PUB events -- MD regularly talks about the fact that, while we've made progress over the past ten years to recoup some of our losses, we still have a long way to go

Why won't he say this publicly or to management? Is the negotiation for C2015 to be some kind of surprise attack like Pearl Harbor? That sounds like a great strategy... Let's spend 10 years making them think we're okay with bankruptcy as a reset and then we'll blindside 'em with opening for restoration. :rolleyes:


Originally Posted by Alan Shore (Post 1699479)
Contract History -- the financial timeline in the front shows us finally having reached a similar level of profitability (relative to size) as Delta had prior to C2K, and being well above that level in actual dollars; now that our profitability is at or above where we were in the late 90's, I expect similar results

Contract History Summary -- the 777A pay chart shows what I saw in MD's PUB presentation -- although we've made some progress toward restoration, we're not nearly finished, as you have to include profit sharing to even get us close to 2004 in real dollars, let alone restore that year's buying power; I expect significant strides toward that goal

Contract Comparison -- with CAL and USAir gone, the industry landscape is MUCH better than it was for C2012; our major competitors are no longer dragging us down, but pushing us up instead, and they have book rates that are higher than ours in the year or two after our amendable date; this leads me to expect increases significantly greater than those in C2012

That's all well and good. But without setting an objective like that, clearly stating it, and building a plan to achieve it, do you really expect it to happen? Those in leadership positions within DALPA are still afraid to even utter the word "restoration." In fact, most will dismiss the kinds of increases it would take to achieve it as being "unreasonable."

I'm glad you're optimistic, Alan, (and more importantly, I'm glad to know you agree with restoration as the objective) but I think you're being extremely naive given the reality of the predominant thinking within our MEC.

gzsg 08-05-2014 06:57 AM


Originally Posted by Alan Shore (Post 1699479)
While I cannot speak for how communications affect anyone else, these are the pieces that raise my expectations for C2015:

PUB events -- MD regularly talks about the fact that, while we've made progress over the past ten years to recoup some of our losses, we still have a long way to go

Contract History -- the financial timeline in the front shows us finally having reached a similar level of profitability (relative to size) as Delta had prior to C2K, and being well above that level in actual dollars; now that our profitability is at or above where we were in the late 90's, I expect similar results

Contract History Summary -- the 777A pay chart shows what I saw in MD's PUB presentation -- although we've made some progress toward restoration, we're not nearly finished, as you have to include profit sharing to even get us close to 2004 in real dollars, let alone restore that year's buying power; I expect significant strides toward that goal

Contract Comparison -- with CAL and USAir gone, the industry landscape is MUCH better than it was for C2012; our major competitors are no longer dragging us down, but pushing us up instead, and they have book rates that are higher than ours in the year or two after our amendable date; this leads me to expect increases significantly greater than those in C2012

Alan

Good points.

Like others I will feel much better when MD communicates to all the pilots and management.

Not radical chest pounding. Just factual and professional.

Captain Malone was outstanding at this.

The silence and lack of leadership is not helping our cause.

In my opinion.

Jerry

gzsg 08-05-2014 06:59 AM


Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1699488)
So you're good with the top end scope shenanigans?

Scrambo

Scope is always number 1.

We need much tighter scope and immediate damages for noncompliance.

No excuse given our record profits not to have iron clad scope in C2015.

Jerry

shiznit 08-05-2014 07:55 AM


Originally Posted by gzsg (Post 1699450)
Shiz

You asked my seat/year/rate in 2004.

757A/19th year/$256/hr plus inflation you do the math.

This was 10 years ago so I'm not positive. John Parker posted one of my NWA forum posts from 6 years ago on the other forum so I'm sure you can verify the data above for us.

Date of signing 20% plus some inflation is more than fair. It's not enough, but it is fair. Assuming we don't touch our profit sharing.

Jerry

I thought the 12 yr 757 CA rate was around $219-220 before y'all took the first "Recovery compact" cuts?
The Nov. 2004 12yr 757 CA was $186.97 after the cut.
The post-BK cut dropped to $142.28 in 2007...ouch.

Am I sourcing the correct contract info for you?

ATL7ER 08-05-2014 08:15 AM


Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1699554)
I thought the 12 yr 757 CA rate was around $219-220 before y'all took the first "Recovery compact" cuts?
The Nov. 2004 12yr 757 CA was $186.97 after the cut.
The post-BK cut dropped to $142.28 in 2007...ouch.

Am I sourcing the correct contract info for you?

Your rates posted above are correct for NWA....with the slight difference that the 11/04 rate you posted wasn't the rate until 12/04.

Having said that, what is the relevence of the NWA rates in 2004? Unless of course your unspoken agenda is to make a jab at fNWA guys for how bad the rates got in BK and therefore how happy they should be even with current DAL rates. What would that accomplish?

We're all DAL now, like it or not, and since Delta was the surviving company following the merger, it seems to me that we should all be focused on improving the contract at Delta. Unless of course you're actually that PTC guy from the old Dalpa forum that smugly stated that fNWA's "got Their restoration at the merger" and should not be allowed to comment on the concept of restoration at DAL.

If so, let's just say I find that attitude inconsistent with unity and the goal of improving our PWA.

DAL 88 Driver 08-05-2014 08:29 AM


Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 1699554)
I thought the 12 yr 757 CA rate was around $219-220 before y'all took the first "Recovery compact" cuts?
The Nov. 2004 12yr 757 CA was $186.97 after the cut.
The post-BK cut dropped to $142.28 in 2007...ouch.

Am I sourcing the correct contract info for you?

Shiz,

In case you didn't know... Jerry works for Delta now. The Delta 757 CA rate in 2004 was $267.52. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $335.92 today.

Current Delta 757 CA rate is $219.62. That is a 34.6% pay cut (a $116 per hour pay cut!) in the buying power of that rate.

To bring the current rate up to the buying power of the 2004 rate, it would have to be increased by $116... a 52% increase.

And before you go all "C2K was unsustainable.. blah blah blah" on me. Let's look at the same comparison, but with the 1986 rate for example (because I happen to have those rates):

1986 Delta 757 CA rate: $158.21
Adjusted for inflation to today: $342.55
So (for those of you in Rio Linda/Herndon), that is a $123/hour (or 35.9%) pay cut in buying power.

Delta can absolutely afford to pay us at the 2004 level. They just have to make it a priority. But they certainly aren't going to be compelled to do that if we act like we're okay with just a little better than what we have now. We need leadership that truly values our profession and doesn't believe we're worth any less today than we were throughout most of the 1980's, 1990's, and early 2000's. When do you think we're going to get that kind of leadership? Do you see it happening before C2015 or do we need to write that one off too?

tsquare 08-05-2014 08:49 AM

Yeah Jerry,
No pay banding. Let all those whale and 777 guys take the lion's share of paycuts, I couldn't care less about them anyway. Besides, it won't flow downhill.

So there.

CGfalconHerc 08-05-2014 08:56 AM

Speaking of C2K 2004 rates..hearing a rumor that RA wants another early deal to validate the "labor peace" advantage to Wall St. and has floated the idea of 2004 pay (not adjusted for inflation) for a 3yr extension to our current PWA.

Can anybody else corroborate?


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