The top pay on the current contract was higher then jetblue, AA, USAir, and United at the time it was signed. That's certainly not taking the industry backwards.

The wages will come around. The stall tactics and management dragging things out have gone on since the inception of this industry.

Which is why some on here and many others in the industry will never stop crying and *****ing. Best thing to do is get out of the industry.
Same **** goes on at every carrier. Wait for another downturn, the legacies will be first to furlough and give up concessions.