Let's do some simple math again like the good old days to see where we would have stood had we reached an agreement with the company before this Delta turn of events.
$26.54 (Original Delta Plus 7%)
$29.27 (New Delta plus 3%)
Value between the two $2.73. $2.73 times 40 times 4 = $436.80 per month. Times 12 = $5,241.6 per year. Times 5 (Likely 5 year deal) $26,208
That does not include any OT, CS worked, Holiday pay or whatever you put into your 401k (Potentially still matched at 5.5%)
So just the basic loss (Since we know the FA's were refused an increase) would have been $26,208 over the life of the contract for a member who is at TOS Full Time. That $26,208 was just the bare bones minimum.
NOW that little bit of news that I posted earlier about UAL saying that a NEW "Market Rate" had been set here at AA from the agents TA. What possibly more loss might we have been potentially looking at if the bar is raised again and it's applied to us?