Obviously there are a ton of areas to sift through with this TA. Here are some of big issues I have on first pass:

More large RJs. The company can't wait to get them! Someone smarter than me will have to explain why this is a good thing for us. Maybe total scope is an improvement, maybe not. This section should be picked apart, put back together and picked apart again. We need to be thinking worst case. We need to make sure that there are provisions in the event that mainline parks jets though.

SWA just deferred aircraft orders. If they are indeed getting rid of the 717's, where are those pilots going to go? Is there any chance that they are taking Delta's 737 order slots in exchange for the 717's? If not, where does SWA put all of the AirTran guys that won't have an airplane to fly? If we do give up 737 slots, are we keeping the 757's & 767's longer?

A320 and M88 guys (and possibly future 717 pilots) are still underpaid compared to the 737 pilots. 124 seats in a 737-700 shouldn't pay $8-$10 more an hour than the 160 seat M90's or A320's. I think this area needs a lot of thought. All the narrow bodies ought to be lumped together (minus the 757). 4, 8, 3, 3 barely keeps up with inflation. Section 3 really is an insult.

A cut in profit sharing??? Really? This might be the straw that breaks my back just out of principle (if scope ends up being a positive for us, otherwise its a definite deal breaker too). The company is setup to rake in record profits and we agree to 4, 8, 3, 3 and reduced profit sharing??? Maybe someone can explain to me, but if we go over 2.5 billion, do we make the 20% on all of it, or just the amount over 2.5? For example, if we had a 2.8 billion profit, would we get 10% on the first 2.5 and then 20% on the 300 million, or 20% on the full 2.8 billion?

Per Diem is still very low for the places we go. You have to live pretty tight to get by on $50 in NYC on your 24 hour layover.

I'm at the bottom of the list and I sure hope that they didn't use any negotiating capital for any of the furlough protections. The company is virtually certain we won't be furloughing anytime on the horizon. Towards the end of the decade, they won't be able to hire guys fast enough. That said, the protections are nice - I just hope we didn't pay anything for them.

Someone mentioned that training pay for distributed training goes to 1 for 2, but my contract still shows 1 for 3 and xxx for training pay? Maybe they have updated that since (I haven't downloaded it again).

7 short calls? The increase in reserve pay is nice, but combined with the increase in ALV, might require less pilots.

Again, first pass so I'm sure there are other issues, but these are the ones that struck me most. Like most of you, I just can't get excited about this thing.