This is an easy NO vote for me. I planned to vote no before it was even released, and after reading it my stance didn't even come close to changing.
If you've learned anything over the last 10 years or so, you know that RL is one of the smartest in the industry, hands down. I think it's safe to say him and FO planned on this getting turned down pretty easily and have their 2nd offer that will be voted in, already in bullet points, and ready to hand over to our MEC/NC.
They need something signed by us asap, which is why they agreed to this extension so quickly.
Think about what the company has done this past year and how much $ they've put into building up TSA. How many positions have they created? Before all of this new flying was officially announced there were memos put out every couple of weeks for like 6 months saying, welcome Bill to the company, welcome Mike to the company, welcome Sarah to her new position... How much money will be coming their way by tripling the size of the company? How many hundreds of millions of dollars are these contracts worth? Everyone in the industry knows TSH doesn't take work on unless they know they will be profitable.
If you think RL and FO weren't planning on throwing us another couple of percent right away or that they can't afford it, i feel bad for you and your shortsightedness.
The lifers will be voting yes on this extension because they are scared we will be pricing ourselves out of business in a few years. Times are changing and all regional contracts are going up. Mainline is making more money than ever and will be able to dish out more money as the years go by. They need the feed.
I don't plan on being here much more than another year or two but I'm still voting no to get as much as I can, and help the industry get closer to what we deserve.
If for some reason I can't get out of TSA, I sure as hell don't want this extension being what we are stuck with for the next few years. And what if at the end of the extension we go into negotiations that take 4 years like the last contract? Do you want to be stuck with this contract extension for the next 7 years?
Easy no vote.