Here is some food for thought for those who claim they would leave the industry rather than work under the PNCL TA.. If that is your mindset, and you would truly leave the industry, then you wouldn't start over at another regional either. In that situation, you wouldn't care about the effect the TA has on the other regionals; you are leaving the industry, after all. You wouldn't volunteer to restart your longevity and seniority at year one RJ FO pay and whipsaw your own earnings.

You would vote yes, take your transition payment, take a voluntary leave to keep your seniority and longevity in as a backup plan (I keep seeing Suze Orman wannabes on these forums talking about how pilots that voted yes on the TA don't have career backup plans), and bail.

You can talk about standing on your principles and use all the hyperbole you want in this situation. You can also choose to live in reality, where the Mesaba/Colgan airplanes went to cheaper operations in Penair, Silver, and Republic after the wind down, or you can live in fantasy land where Delta management sends the airplanes to mainline in a wind down of Pinnacle.

Now I'll sit back and wait for someone to call me a scab from their hotel room in BHM...