AFA's Two-Faced Approach to Profit Sharing
While AFA scoffs at Delta’s profit sharing payout percentage, it told flight attendants at United to manage their expectations in anticipation of what will be a considerably worse payout under their AFA-negotiated profit sharing plan.
In AFA’s communications to United flight attendants about its profit sharing, just prior to announcement of a 3.36% payout, it told members they “should not over predict the size of the Profit-Sharing payment” for 2022 given the fact that 2022 profit was lower than 2019 and United needs to pay back corporate debt.
Meanwhile, when discussing our superior 5% payment, AFA struck a notably different tone, telling Delta flight attendants: “If you’re fired up about today’s profit sharing announcement, reach out to check your card status... Let’s show the company we know our worth!” Curiously, AFA decided to leave out mention of Delta’s 2019 profit or reference Delta’s pandemic-related debt like it did for United.
How can Delta flight attendants trust AFA when it pushes contradictory messaging just to get your support? AFA likes to suggest it will deliver more for you, but the truth is that AFA’s negotiated profit sharing plan at United has delivered less for flight attendants than Delta’s.
Compared to United, Delta flight attendants:
Receive a larger share of the company’s profits – Delta employees will receive 20.8% of company profits compared to 12% at United.
Receive a larger payout as a percentage of earnings (and have done so for years) – Delta flight attendants will receive 5% of eligible earnings in profit sharing compared to an expected 3.36% at United.
Receive more profit sharing overall – the average payout for a Delta flight attendant in 2022 is the equivalent of more than 2.5 weeks of pay versus less than 2 weeks at United. Looking back, Delta has shared $7.3 billion in profit sharing since 2015, compared to just $2.6 billion at United.
Receive profit sharing for all 2022 eligible earnings, even if they are new to Delta – United employees are only eligible for profit sharing after one year of service.
Can put profit sharing towards their 401(k) contributions – United profit sharing is not eligible for 401(k) contributions.
This is yet another example of AFA taking a completely different approach for those that it is courting compared to those it already represents. Profit sharing is an integral aspect of Delta's philosophy of shared success, and it’s why our program has outperformed our global competitors for years. AFA has never – anywhere – negotiated a profit sharing program as strong as Delta’s.
Don’t Take AFA’s Bait.
Don’t Risk It. Don’t Sign It.
Sources: Delta AFA, Delta AFA, United AFA
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