Don't get too confident. The same weak MECs that allow these contracts to be voted on by their membership also cast votes for the President. Line pilots don't get to. Talk to your reps, and take note of how they vote. If they don't vote as their constituents want, they should be recalled.

The real pilots to blame for our current situation is the PSA NC and MEC, and the same parties at ASA. Neither one of those deals should have made it to the pilots.

Obviously Parker and other management types are to blame as well, but no one held a gun to the MEC's head and forced them to put these TAs out for a vote. That was their decision and their decision alone. The koolaid drinkers at PSA should be recalling their MEC but instead they are viewed as heroes for securing growth airplanes. I doubt anyone at ASA will be up for a recall either. Too many apathetic pilots who won't do the leg work for the recall process.

When no one is held accountable, nothing will change. Guys will chat in the jet way about how mad they are, but until the guys who are ushering in these deals are recalled and booted out of their jobs, these types of things that will continue to happen. People need to start caring about who they're elected reps are; know what they stand for. Most guys are elected via a process that 25-50% of the pilots participate in. Then these guys appoint your negotiating committee. The apples don't fall far from the tree, so start paying attention to who is running for a rep/lec position.