Originally Posted by casual observer

After reading a couple of good responses here to my misunderstanding of scope, I am now very interested in the scope implications of this TA. Although the 4/8.5/3/3 is lower than I expected, the time value of the raises make sense to me. If I get it, we'd be making an extra 4% for the last 5 months of this year and then an additional 8.5% (for a total of about 13%) day one of the new contract. Smaller bird in the hand vs. chasing bigger bird(s) for the next 3 years. I sit reserve and it sounds like at least 2 more hours a month; an additional 3%. I agree that whatever the company is saying about airplane acquisitions should be irrelevant to this TA. I've thought about and appreciate the perspective here and intend to use this forum to help make a more informed choice.