Ok well we know that AA still won't compare to SWA, UPS or FedEx so the question is were either Delta or UAL Pilots in negotiations when our Pilots agreed to their Binding Interest agreement? Why didn't they have a true up then like the APFA had?
My thought is say we had locked in before Delta gave out their 14% raises. Would those raises still been provided to their ramp personnel bringing them to the $28.64 they have right now? There is no way we would have secured $30.17 had this been done a year and a half ago. If my brain is firing right I think the 7% above was $26.54?
So I doubt Delta would have brought their ramp services cost up by over $2.00. In turn UAL would not have gone up to $29.27 and we then would not be at our rate today of $30.17.
Even if we had a true up in our contract against UAL.
You can thank Harry, Sito, (Alex) Others, Our Negotiators, and AA for securing us the wage raises. Now we're just waiting for the icing for the top of the cake.
Even though you may not like it. Everything on the timing came in pretty much perfect for our long term economic interests.