That quick upgrade is starting to slow down at all Regionals. There are not that many airplanes to be awarded anymore. The dust is settling. So even if this contract passes, it is doubtful we will get much more flying. If we don't, the bottom half of our employee group will be stuck as FO's making whatever they voted in. We do have power to get industry average and inflation increases this time. I don't need the growth. You might. There just isn't much left out there. So becareful what FO wages you are willing to accept. You might have to live with it longer then you expected. You newbies all make us Mesa guys who went through the past 10 years of pain like we are the problem. We are actually looking out for the long term of the industry. If you keep working for less then the other guy, it will continue to be a race to the bottom. Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant, and Virgin America are great examples of the new "Regionals" that are doing flying for half the pay of a Legacy. Eventually they will get big and hurt the Legacy carriers. So at some point you have to realize you are worth more and hold the line. Harder to do at a regional since we are essentially contractors but it has to start somewhere. The low FO pay was created by your buddy pilots that worked before you and did the same thing you newbies are doing. Selling out.