Things that happen in bankruptcy

[roz]

Since they don't have a union, the company can change pay rates and benefits by just giving advance notice. Here are the changes for the flight attendants at Delta:

Overview of Changes to Pay & Benefits – IFS
Updated September 22, 2005



Pay Scale


Years of Service - DL Current - Effective November 1, 2005

Start................19.35..................... 17.61
1.....................20.78..................... 18.91
2.....................20.78......................1 8.91
3.....................24.60......................2 2.39
4.....................27.11......................2 4.67
5.....................32.59.....................26 .40*
6.....................34.16......................3 1.09
7.....................35.10......................3 1.94
8.....................36.07......................3 2.82
9.....................37.22......................3 3.87
10....................38.25.....................34 .81
11....................40.08.....................36 .47
12....................43.88.....................39 .49



*Effective 11/1/05, the 5 year step will be reduced by 19%; however,
Flight attendants who are at the 5 year step before 11/1/05, will have a 9% reduction.
Their rate will be frozen until moved to the 6 year step. Flight attendants who receive
the 5 year step increase on or after 11/1/05, will move to the new rate of $26.40



Additional Compensation
Type - Current - Effective November 1, 2005

Longevity Pay - $5.40 per month beginning after 9th year, to a maximum of $54.00 a month - Discontinued

International Pay - $1.80 per credit hour - Discontinued

Night Pay - $0.22 per actual flight hour between the hours of 1800 and 0600 - Discontinued

Holding Pay - $16.20 per hour - Reduced by 9%

Delay Pay - $10.80 per hour - Discontinued

Per Diem - $2.10 per hour dom/$2.60 transoceanic - $1.85 per hour dom/$2.40 transoceanic

Language Pay - $1.35 per flight hour - No Change at this time.

OBL - Pay Varies by aircraft and destination - No Change at this time.


Benefits
Benefit - Change - Effective Date

Enhanced Medical Option - Eliminated - January 1, 2006

Accident Leave - Eliminated - September 30, 2005

Non-Certified Sick Days - Eliminated. All FAs will receive a yearly bank of 27.5 PPT (Personal Paid Time) hours to be used for illness, injury or personal time. - April 1, 2006

Certified Sick Days - Changed. Certified time banks will no
longer accrue time but become fixed career bank. - April 1, 2006

Short-Term Disability - Changed. FAs will now purchase Short-Term Disability which pays up to 60% of earnings tax- free. - April 1, 2006

Long-Term Disability - Changed. Delta will now pay cost of Long-Term Disability for all FAs at 50% of earnings. FA may purchase additional coverage up to 60% of earnings. - April 1, 2006

Vacation - Future vacation time accrual will be capped at 4 weeks. FAs who currently have or are accruing 5 weeks will retain this level of accrual. - March 31, 2006

Non-Revenue Travel - $50 NRSA activation charge per primary PPR each employment anniversary (one charge per employee/retiree/etc. – not one for each member with a PPR number) - 1st quarter 2006

Pension - Plan freezing. Not planning to make funding contributions soon due. Plan freezes 12/31/05. - Not planning to make funding contributions soon due.


IFS Programs
Program - Change - Effective Date

Auxiliary Program - Program discontinued. - January 1, 2006

OBL Program - No Change at this time. - N/A

L.O.D. Program - No Change at this time. - N/A

A-Day Program - A-Day obligations will increase to approx. 70% of FA population. No more than one 3 day A-Day block starting in a bid period per FA. - January 1, 2006

Authorized Leave - Discontinued. - Introduce Holiday Pay. - November 1, 2005

Holiday Pay - Program added. FAs working on 5 predetermined holidays will receive $20 per block hour additional pay. - November 1, 2005

Crew Rest - Current seats on 767ER replaced by 4 seats in YC cabin, allowing Delta to add and sell 10 additional YC seats - In alignment with aircraft modification schedule - 2006

[Kristie]

sounds fairly similar to the pilots.. only the pilots have the option of vetoing...

any idea on the accident leave works? doesn't workers comp take care of that?

at least they get 0.05 more per diem than the pilots! hahahhaha

but man, what a raw deal - esp because they make less than the pilots on a duty hour basis!

hey Amber, can F/A's fly more hours than pilots? is that how they're able to "make it" on such low pay scales?

[MQAAord]

F/As have no restrictions on monthly hours per the FAA. The most I ever flew in a month was 113. Once. Never again. It was awful. Really, there's not a whole lot in the FARs that restrict us duty-wise. Our contracts were generally written to give us the same protection as the pilots, but this was contractual, not legal.

[roz]

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051012/cgw027.html?.v=31

NWA will now begin to impose the cuts--US Airways deja vu. It's very sad.

[roz]

And when they don't pay their bills, there is a ripple effect:

http://www.mesaba-restructuring.com/

[flygirl813126]

Yup. We are officially in the middle of this mess now. DH has worked at Mesaba through all of college. I've already learned to not expect him home for holidays, or to be able to visit me just because I want him to. Well now that we are married and sharing an apartment and costs we are having to make some serious choices on spending...not sure how much longer Mesaba will stay afloat.

[roz]

Today the NWA pilots approved the concessionary TA:

5040 eligable to vote
4028 voted
2563 approved the TA (63.6%)
1465 voted against the TA (36.4%)


I had posted the rates, etc a while ago. This TA means that Delta will be looking for the same--which is what they are proposing now.