To those of you from other airlines, thank you for the support!

We still have a long way to go and the road only gets steeper. Undoubtedly, we are looking at a scenario where there will be the most dire of threats will be made by the company and pilots fired (hostages, or as known at AA, "dead cats"). I pray the group can take the heat and not cave before we get the results we desire.

For those of you that don't know about the company's "offer", to put it briefly, it was not only punitive, but was an incredibly overreach/land grab. There were significant sections of the contract such as our reserve system that were reduced to one sentence. i.e. "The reserve system will be replaced by a reserve optimization system". Whatever that means. In other words, much of the contract would have been a dream "fill in the blank" contract for management to exploit for 6-10 years.

Onerous work rules and the new C-scale for the 319 would have meant that the pilots of AA would only be dragging down everyone else in the long run. Imagine, we could merge with a "discount airline", and their pilots would be taking a significant pay CUT!

I am hoping that APA has made a sharp turn from a political organization to good old fashioned organized labor. This path of capitulation has to end yesterday. A once proud career has become a job. We need to turn the ship around.

Your continued support is appreciated. At some point, you may be asked to do something to show your support for our fight. Remember, you will be helping raise the bar for the profession and will also be helping yourself in the long run.