I also have advocated 717 pay equal to 737 pay from day one. It is good for our future employees which makes it good for us. Any time pay rates are raised it is a positive thing for that group and the industry as a whole. The money was there in the first offer so we know SWA could afford it or they wouldn't have offered it. SWA pilots nor SWAPA control the purse strings, those are solely controlled by management. They offered it once and then were not obliged to offer it again. There is nothing any of us can do to change what was agreed upon at this point.