Bonus vs. Retro Pay
Send me your email if you want the entire excel spread sheet showing Narrow/Wide Capt/FO lost wages (by years of service) since the amendable date as applied to the current TA pay rates and Bonus.
Just one example from the spreadsheet:
Using the 936 hour per year average and the TA rates. A 15 yr widebody Capt will make $538,756.92 from DOS plus 2.5 years. Under the current contract and same 936 hours per year, that same Capt made $482,601.60 for a difference of $56,155.32. His/Her TA bonus is $30,000 which equates to 53% of his Lost Salary if the amendable date and percentages were applied to May 2004 (i.e. Retro Pay). That may be the reason its called a Bonus and not Retro-Pay.
Pinseeker, hopefully that explains the math. The spreadsheet shows the entire spectrum and is yours for review.
I have learned volumes and glad you all support your position. Maybe someone else who voted NO will step in and explain also. I tried (right, wrong, or just plain AFU) I tried. So for now I will shut my Cake/Pie/A$$ hole, protect essential, focus on folgers, and continue smiling because I am a FedEx Freight Dawg with an A-Fund flying with an awesome bunch of pilots !!! (independant contractors and NM excluded)