Originally Posted by Magpuller

A concessionary contract is any contract that equates to less than any previous contract. The last CBA was concessionary and just because there are improvments on the latest one, it is still concessionary as it does not bring the CBA back up to prior levels.

So you are incorrect. Improvements do not mean a contract can still not be concessionary. The last contract was negotiated to preseve senior jobs through retirement, this latest one (and I've read every word of it as I still have a lot of friends at PDT ) also just keeps the crusty dustys employed at the behest of the junior people...

So...NO, the tradition is alive and well...

Sorry, I don't mean to be so bitter. Any improvments are a positve thing, but I'm sick of my fellow pilots getting short changed by management and single minded senior pilots. That's been the plague of the industry for a long time now and why I left 121 aviation and will never come back. You guys bust your buts on the old Dash and you deserve more than the insult you just voted on.