how many years would it take him to get to your starting salary?
That would be 4-four years. All existing VA crew enter their respective pay scale at Level 4. Any internal upgrades - or transfer from short-haul, will enter their rank at Level 1 this year and Level 2 next year. There will be NO DEC's or DESFO's entering into the Long Haul EBA from outside the group for the life of this EBA. The SFO's have been given a Command pay guarantee, in a separate signed letter to each individual, basically saying that the company expects all of us to have a Command within 5 years, and should that not happen - the Command pay is guaranteed as of June 2016. Many, many good things about this EBA. Some things not so great, but considering our starting point in these talks - being the SS-****e sandwich - the negotiating teams from VIPA and AFAP have done a great job for their members.