Originally Posted by LoudFastRules

I am sick of people assuming a "no" vote is a vote to "burn it down", and only chosen "out of spite". Sometimes things are just unacceptable, and despite the consequences, can not be acquiesced to by choice.

Look at Hostess. Everyone knew their management was corrupt and incompetent, everyone knew it would close if the bakers wouldn't acquiesce to a sub-acceptable contract, and they wouldn't, and Hostess closed.

Look at the locked-out Crystal Sugar workers in Minnesota. They have been out of work for over a year, with replacement workers keeping the plant going. They have gone back to vote on the same unacceptable (by their majority vote) contract four times (FOUR TIMES!), and every single time they have voted to not accept the offer made, at the expense of their jobs.

Look at the locked-out twin cities musicians. They have a great contract. They will still make what most folks would call "good money" if they take their managements' offers. But they wont take those offers because they, by their judgement, do not consider the offers acceptable. They are now not being paid anything by their employers.

Look at AMFA at NWA. Voted themselves right out of work. Why? Because the offer was simply not acceptable. (I think some might have ended up going back to work under considerably worse conditions)

I am voting "no" on this TA. I am not doing so out of spite. I am not doing it to hurt or harm or benefit or protect anyone. I do not wish to "burn down" my company, at which I have many friends, and high respect for many of my coworkers, including and beyond pilots and flight attendants. I enjoy my job. I respect the managers with whom I interact.

I am voting "no" because the deal is unacceptable and does not earn my vote. I am voting "no" because it is my right and duty to vote how I see fit based upon my consideration of the deal on the table. I know many of the ALPA guys involved, and respect the work they did to get the best deal they could. I'm still going to vote "no" - not to spite Pinnacle, ALPA, or Delta. I'm going to vote "no" because I can't vote "yes".

I will continue to respect my coworkers, regardless of how they vote, or the reasons, assumed or stated, that they give for their vote.

Regardless of the outcome of the vote, I will continue to work at my job at the highest standard I am able to give on any given day. I will continue to be safe, professional, and respectful of our passengers and my fellow workers. I will work until I can find a better job, or my job no longer exists. If I vote "no" and the TA passes, I will take my bridge payout same as anyone else, because it would be my right to do so. If the TA does not pass, I will lose my job.

There are perfectly good reasons to vote "no", just as there are perfectly good reasons to vote "yes". All pilots in good standing have the right to vote however they should chose to.

I will vote "no" because I can't vote "yes" to what's being offered.