Originally Posted by CloudSailor

Really guys? Are the less than 3%/year, and signing bonus, enough to overlook the fact that we are signing this deal for 6-10 years???

Considering:
-the lack of achieving an improved A-plan
-the minimal improvement to the B-plan
-the loss of 1st class DH (important due to the deviation bank)
-the possibilities opened up with 6-week bid periods
-the expanded use of hub sleep rooms
-the loss of HILO for FDA's, Hawaii, Anchorage, Central and South America
-the yet-to-be-determined SLR language
-the addition of 20% of R-days to PBS (yes, even the NC has agreed it is PBS 2.0, after our VTO system)
-the 3 year commitment for new hires to FDAs
-the max 10% increase in monthly health insurance vs. 6%
-the loss of passover pay
-the addition of Dash-8 and equivalent aircraft added to EUR DH's (again, about the deviation bank)
-the hidden gems in the language of section 25
-the allotment of a large sum of negotiating capital to our retiring captains, so that in the event they were thinking of retiring before 64.5, they won't now?
-the encouragement of flying sick, for max SLB, or to die while trying?
-the precedent we set by agreeing to a TA that does NOT meet our cornerstone Section 6 Openers?

I mean, I guess we all have a price point. But really, are we that desperate for this amount of pay raise to sign this for close to a decade??? The company thinks so. I do NOT. I hope you do not either.