Originally Posted by
MaxKts
That sounds "desperate" to me!
Do you really think it is that many or just the usual suspects like it has always been?
Also, what guarantee do you have that those "lost opportunities" will be there if this TA passes. Maybe everyone will go back to flying their normal schedule and there will be nothing in open time. I know for my seat that once the secondary lines are built there is very little left in open time! Trips don't start showing up until open time is released and trips are dropped.
Not Desperate just logical, I happen to be very senior in a seat that is growing and shorthanded. It does not happen often in a career, and the last two years I have not been able to take advantage. Others have. When/if TA 2.0 comes around I may not have the opportunities. Voting no and remaining on the sidelines will cost me 30K at current contract wages next year with very little extra work.