DPMA BENEFITS CALCULATOR

DPMA benefits supplement Delta disability and commence once you exhaust sick leave and exhaust your Enhanced Disability Benefit, if available. The benefit amount is set by the DPMA Board of Trustees and governed by the DPMA Plan. Benefits will continue until you return to active flying status, reach either the single event benefit maximum of 365 days or 730-day career total DPMA benefit, reach the FAA mandatory retirement age for commercial pilots, retire, resign, or are terminated.

• FAE data is provided by Delta and is also used by Delta to compute your TD and LTD benefits.
• DPMA benefits are paid on the 18th of the month for the prior month’s disability.
• The  DPMA benefit is currently calculated as:  FAE x 25%.

Definitions:

Final Average Earnings (FAE): The average of the highest 12 consecutive months of earnings out of the previous 36 months of active payroll status. (FAE is the combination of flight pay, flight advance, Shared Rewards, and profit sharing.) The computation is used to determine your TD and LTD benefit payments and your DPMA benefit payment. A copy will be sent to you once your disability claim is approved through Harvey Watt.

Sick Leave of Absence (SLOA): The status code of an “inactive” pilot once sick leave has been exhausted. A pilot will be on SLOA status while receiving TD and LTD benefits.

Note: DPMA benefits are not taxable and DPMA dues are not tax-deductible. As a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(9), DPMA does not issue an IRS W-2 or 1099 for disability benefit payments.