Originally Posted by ERflyer

Fair enough. There was a slide yesterday at the MEC meeting (posted on FB) that showed this:

"Slide showing total headcount change. 2017: -8, 2018: -8, 2019: +14. Increase attributable to the change in vacation credit (first two weeks to 3:45/day) in 2019."

The entire TA seems to be a net loss of -2 pilots. The cons, at least as far as staffing goes, seem to be overstated.