Originally Posted by Puckett81

I keep hearing we can't expect Majors pay rates and keep our quality of life. Let's say we did get a TA with their pay rates, do you believe it would include a DC near 16% or any amount of profit sharing, because I do not. So why is unreasonable to seek Major pay rates and keep our quality of life and let the majors keep their pay rates and their DC and profit sharing. We both then have something the other doesn't and yet could have similar pay scales. With this in mind, some will say we still can't expect majors pay rates and I respect that, but then why would we be willing to accept anything less than the industry average pay rates contained on the salary comparison sent out by our Union? Fine we can't get major pay rates and keep our quality of life but I would like our future pay rates to be closer to the majors than to JB, Alaska, or Virgin. Besides I don't think we should be compared financially to JB, AS, or VA because they aren't bringing in the profit margins we are and I think if we want to stand out as a company to be reckoned with than we need to be closer to the majors pay scales and not the JB, AS, or VA pay scales. I'm just tired of the mentality of we have to give up our quality of life to get majors pay rates. We don't have to do that because they still have some things we won't ever see like amazing DC retirement and profit sharing.