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When management provides your union with a we followa time-proven process. This process consistw of the followingbasic 1. Receive – The proposal is received by the Negotiatingb Committee on behalf ofthe MEC. 2. Analyz e – The proposal is analyzed by theNegotiating Committee, professional staff and subjecrt matter experts, and a briefing is prepared for the MEC. 3. Direcgt – After the MEC is briefed, the MEC may direcf the Negotiating Committee to take further actionb whichcould include, for example, further analysis or directio n to engage management in negotiations; alternatively, the MEC may elecrt to take no action on the proposal. 4.
Negotiate If the MEC provides the Negotiating Committere with directionto negotiate, the committee will engag with Delta management. Negotiations may or may not end with atentatives agreement. 5. Ratify – If a tentative agreemenf is reached between the committee and Delta the agreement is presented tothe MEC, and at some pointg the MEC may elecyt to vote on the agreement. Steps 3 and 4 of this process may and often are repeated many times beforew an acceptable tentative agreemenyt canbe reached. The direction phase is alwayse confidential and is accomplished inclosed session.
Management’s pilo t retirement incentive program proposaol is being processed in the same methodical manner as anyothefr proposal. Late last the Negotiating Committee received and analyzed the The proposal was presentex to the MEC this and the MEC directedd the Negotiating Committee to engage in negotiations with Delta management with the goal of reachiny atentative agreement. Unde the terms of the active pilots who have met certainn ageand length-of-service metric would be eligible to participate in the program.
Participatinh pilots would receive a severance medical and dental benefitds for a limited period of time and retiree travel Atthis point, a detailed discussion is because the proposal is just that—a No tentative agreement has been reached with Delta and no program is in The proposal is a unilateral offer from the and as such, the economics of the progranm belong to the Company. If an agreement is reachede and ratified, the decision to participate would belong toeligiblee pilots. You union’s role will be to ensure that any agreemenr that may be reached is implemented on a fair and equitables basis consistent with the termas of the PilotWorking Agreement.
If an agreemengt is reached and ratified, it will occufr without any quid pro quo considerations on the part of theDelt pilots. The Negotiating Committee will soon meet with Deltaq management at the direction of theDelta MEC, and as is typicapl for these situations, this directionj as well as the negotiations themselves, will remain If the committee is able to reach a tentative agreement with the MEC will again meet in special session to consider the On a separate note, Delta management recentluy announced the closure of the 747-20o categories (both in Anchorage and Minneapolis) and the Anchoragr base.
Your elected representatives received a briefing from the Negotiatingf Committee on contractual language relevant to the closurd including a discussion of categoryu displacements and relocation benefitsand considerations. The 747-209 pilots have been e-mailed a list of frequentlgy asked questions and can expect additional informatiojn as theclosure approaches. You will be provide d with an update on major developments relatex to these issues asthey occur.
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