Originally Posted by billyho

Never asked for any credibility. It is what it is. I honestly thought AWAC would vote their TA in. They didn't and I commend them for doing so.

It was predictable after that what would happen however. First they wouldn't get resigned by American because Parker wanted a cheaper fix cost. With no new contract comes an uncertain future. Uncertain future equals Junior FO's begin to bail out for other airlines with shorter upgrade times. Once FO's start leaving a company they will find it harder to upgrade pilots. Everyone knows you got to have FO's to upgrade Captains. So now you don't have upgrades happening which in itself causes more people to bail out.
Then you start parking a few planes and that again causes people to want to leave.
Do you see people knocking down doors to come to AWAC? Do you think people want to go to a regional today with a 5 year upgrade and uncertain future?
I've been there and seen this at Piedmont Airlines. Went through the exact thing. Finally after you've been beaten and broke down management will come at you with another offer. Then you make another choice.
Look around. PSA got pressured by Mesa to sign, Piedmont got pressured by PSA, Envoy got Pressured by both PSA and Piedmont. Horizon got Pressured by SkyWest to fly their 175's for much less then they wanted.

Welcome to the ALPA ran Regional world.