Originally Posted by oldmako

This is a load of fertilizer. A big pay raise would be Contract 2000 wages adjusted for inflation and COLA. As it now stands, even at DAL rates, we're taking it in the shorts and still have everything to lose. There are a significant number of hyper senior pilots flying the left seat of the bus who could hold the left seat of the 67. IF the buses (and probably a mess of guppies) were parked due to a huge "give" in the scope section those Captains would matriculate to the left seat of 67s. The more junior Bus Captains would head for the right seat of the 67,77 and 400 displacing a HUGE number of senior F/Os. Don't forget that there are roughly 3-4 F/O's per Captain due to the bunkie requirement for long range flights. It would absolutely create havoc for the bottom 70ish percent of the airline (sUAL).

The only guys who want to take the money and run are some among the hyper senior crowd (soon to retire) and a handful of spineless Marvins. More and more of the guys I fly with are getting their axe handles ready.

Things are looking very bleak if you ask me. IF the TA is a turd this place ought to implode. There's your happy thought for the day.

**I'm doing my best to not paint the CAL guys with a broad brush because it's destructive and only furthers El Heffe's cause. So I will highlight when the tables are turned.