Originally Posted by Corona

The TA is not average--it is at or above our peer group. What is remarkably good about the TA is just how significant the improvements in pay and workrules it contains in comparison to our current CBA. No matter how much we wish we were mainline pilots with their pay and working conditions, stop the self-dilusional rhetoric, WE ARE NOT. They fly for mainline carriers. We fly for regional carriers that are totally at the mercy of the mainline carriers. Until that paradigm shifts significantly, we will never be able to break out of the mold we are in. That shift will NEVER occur at the bargaining table--it can only occur in the halls of congress and the office of the regulators. Take this TA, and take it fast before management gets cold feet about paying us more than our peers. It is far and away the best overall agreement in our industry. I do not want to wait for 2 or three more years, not only to lose the gains imbedded in this TA during that time, but it is highly likely a subsequent TA would have less if the Eagle and XJT guys buckle. I am not comfortable letting them and ALPA control my destiny. Collectively, they created this "regional" mess in the first place.