Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

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.