Originally Posted by Nevets

1. The point is that you can be the absolute cheapest pilot group and that will not make you a successful company. As you alluded to, management makes a bigger difference. So why are you arguing agains getting a regional industry leading contract?

2. Of course the branded operation was not profitable at $130 per barrel of oil. We could have taken a 50% paycut and it still wouldn't have worked. But once they pulled the plug on that, if it wasn't for Skywest, XJT would have been profitable. If you don't know the history of that then you cannot intelligently have this conversation on point number 2.

Point number 3. The reality is that if you would be given the XJT contract as your "proposal", it would be a windfall only for the crj side. Vice versa, it would be a huge concession. The reality is that no ERJ pilot wants a concession. A none of us should be giving ANY concessions. If you agree with that last statement, then what is wrong with wanting a industry leading contract? Because that would be the result of none of giving concessions.

4. I purposely left that open ended. You decide for yourself how much you need before you vote for a TA. But he question still stands and you didn't answer it.

5. You just don't get it. A regional industry leading contract is less than what we deserve. It's nothing to brag about. So why are you so scared to negotiate for something that isn't that great to begin with?

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