If he doesn't want soft costs then he better up the ante and include it in the base pay. That would be fine with me. Getting soft cost pay here will be a nightmare anyways, its already hard enough to get the little stuff we have now. Whereas an hourly rate based on hours worked is hard for even them to mess up.
I am concerned what we are negotiating for will be quickly eclipsed by what other airlines are already negotiating for. Once again, we will be behind the power curve of other airlines. We need "industry leading" rates. Allegiant is after all one of the nations most profitable airline next to Spirit.
Strike or not, as hard as the negotiating committee is working, I suspect a NO vote on the first round TA will come at hand to up the ante. Or maybe we will be pleasantly surprised.