The medical on the sUA side went up dramatically, while our medical on the sCO side stayed nearly the same or increased a but. (Mine went up about 50.00 since last year with a comparable plan - but this year the plan was more substantial due to the ACA law). We always had higher medical than sUA since theirs was nearly free or free entirely.
I think that the downgrades were stopped because they cut to deep. In my hub, we are severely understaffed that they had to upgrade people back to FT. I wish it was more, but some is a start. They probably will do more for the summer like last year. (Delaney addressed this in his newsletter). The people from the 28 finally got their options now, and should be settling in to their new stations; and now the issue is after June's election the issue is preparing with the new contract. The main issue is to protect what we have and hopefully getting all stations under protective scope. (and restoring the cuts from the stations that took them). They can't throw money at us this time because there aren't competing interests now.
My prediction: We sure as hell won't see that vaunted 26.64, imho.
I want iron clad scope for all. No cuts or closings. No compromises.
The negotiators better listen to this demand......