By the time this offer gets put out for vote the negotiations are over. In fact, they were over last Saturday. Kirby has unfortunately decided that we are not getting any of our asks and he has placed a large pay rate in front of us to make up for that fact.

Delta parity only comes via pay rates and it only comes close when you figure in profit sharing for Delta. And, this 'parity plus' that management parrots only comes through the company proposal. If it is turned down then the MTA rates only call for a review of the average of UAL and Delta, not parity with the higher of the two.

Here's the kicker. We only get the reto and the 1.6 billion extra over the MTA rates if we accept the offer. The company wants to get this JCBA done, they want to get on with the rest of the process. Single certificate comes in 4 months and they want the SLI done promptly. It either gets done via the vote or it gets done in arbitration. They will not waste any more time negotiating.

You will send no message to management by voting No. If you really want to vote that way based on what you value HBT, midnight sims for currency, and international/domestic combination then go for it. But realize your union has only valued those items at 150 million and the company proposal is 1.6 billion over the life of the contract.

Green book is what our contract will be. We have already lost QOL items. We cannot recover them in arbitration. Thus the choice to me is simple. Of the two bad options I pick the option that pays me more.