Any "Latest & Greatest about Delta?" Part 2
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A big enough check to not incentivize dragging out negotiations again. Needs to be painful. If it’s not, it’s a win for them.
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Eagerly waiting to see what the company and ALPA think that number should be.
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First the cart is waaaay in front of the horse when discussing retro pay.
I think the calculation for true full retro pay will be nearly impossible to determine. The easy part is hourly rate difference applied over the flying done past the amendable date. Harder is the soft credit: training, vacation, home study, insurance premiums... Harder still is the work rules that should have been in effect. We don’t even know what those are yet, but they could include items like bidding for long term training, trip coverage ladder changes, and on and on. Had the contract been active over the last few years there would potentially have been many wronged pilots. What’s the value of that?
As time goes on calculating true retro pay will become too big of a task. In my opinion we need to have the difference in pay rates and a percentage above that to cover some of the other items.
I know that’s potentially a huge check for the company to write. However, if we don’t get that we are encouraging the company to not negotiate the next contract on time.
I think the calculation for true full retro pay will be nearly impossible to determine. The easy part is hourly rate difference applied over the flying done past the amendable date. Harder is the soft credit: training, vacation, home study, insurance premiums... Harder still is the work rules that should have been in effect. We don’t even know what those are yet, but they could include items like bidding for long term training, trip coverage ladder changes, and on and on. Had the contract been active over the last few years there would potentially have been many wronged pilots. What’s the value of that?
As time goes on calculating true retro pay will become too big of a task. In my opinion we need to have the difference in pay rates and a percentage above that to cover some of the other items.
I know that’s potentially a huge check for the company to write. However, if we don’t get that we are encouraging the company to not negotiate the next contract on time.
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