Originally Posted by
benzoate
There are many of us at lower tier airlines who would gladly take at the AT deal. Though your never want to lose seniority the simple fact that the pay and benefits are so much greater than what most of us have makes the decision a no brainer.
Really dude? So let me get this straight. Because you're at an airline that you say is "lower tier" than AirTran was/is, you think we should be happy about the deal? You're kidding, right?
You can't possibly be insinuating that. If we use that line of reasoning, Republic F/Os on the E190 top out at $36/hr and USAir Cptns. top out at $95/hr on the same plane. Both of those payrates SUCK, but yet somehow I should be happy with our situation because of that?
Oh and btw, I'm getting downgraded so go ahead and tell me how exactly my pay's going to be better. I now have to put in 10% of my gross to get a 9.3% match whereas before I didn't have to contribute squat to get 10.5% from the company.
Things could be worse and there are PLENTY of pilots that are a lot worse off than me/us, but your arguement is ludicrous.