Originally Posted by spaaks

you're statement is intentionally misleading to make is sound like when you include everyone (244 out of 530), even people that cannot vote, that the TA passed with less than half of pilots agreeing with it. And trying to play the "whoa is me", 'it's not my fault' card. Including people that cannot vote is the same as trying to justify including people that are 'just about' to turn 18 in a presidential election.

If you believe this (in bold), then you do not understand the political system. I don't know how long you've been in this industry, so I guess i'll explain this too. in southern states, democrats that do not vote are basically voting republican because they are not opposing the majority. And visa versa in states like california.
In the PSA situation and in the regional industry these days, the majority is to accept concessions in fear of keeping your job, therefore non voters are basically yes votes because they're not banding together to oppose the threat/majority. Hence the reason behind the STOPTHEWHIPSAW movement, someone smart understood this principle and did something about it. If the TA at eagle had gone to a pilot vote, probability is in favor of it being passed. We all got lucky that it didn't make it to the pilots for a vote. The biggest threat, as others have said in here, is when one of the big regionals accepts concessions, we are all screwed because pilots wanting to hold the line no longer hold the majority

-and yes, jumpseat wars are stupid. even though the PSA and pinnacle guys did sell us all out