Don't forget, the company is trying really hard to get an amalgamated contract with Southern so the first year pay will decrease even further with a worse quality of life tagged on to it. Better compensation packages are being offered at the regional level. With Bezos/Amazon about to buy a good chunk of AAWW, one can imagine how long before the horror stories of hot warehouses, refused paychecks, horrible working schedules and "shut up and color" management attitudes creep there way over into the airline side of the house. If you think it's bad now, go look up stories about working for Amazon. We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg of crap coming our way. I'm willing to bet Amazon lobbyist have bigger checkbooks than Teamsters lobbyist to keep things moving.