Re the 32.5% vs. 50%- the pay cut was 32.5, but the total value of the contract went from $2 billion to about $1 billion (50%). Same with the 14/15%. (Preferential bidding was one of the big non-pay concessions last year.)
I'm not sure if we'll get hosed in March, but I think we'll have a better strategic position then. If you account for the non-voters (incomprehensible, in my opinion), less than 50% voted for this T/A. We'll have some clout at the bargaining table if enough guys are willing to walk away from Delta. I am.
Is ALPA letting us down? Yes, but they don't have alot of bargaining power when a company is in this position. I've never been convinced that we get our money's 'woerth' for the added dues money for ALPA nat'l, but we need to be covered under ALPA merger policy for the next year or two.