Sorry to butt in here, but if I may make a suggestion... I keep seeing the 43% pay raise statistic being mentioned. I think you all are falling for a sleight of hand via the creative application of statistics.

I haven't done the math because I'm not privy to the actual proposed pay rates, but I would suspect that the large increases in the lower end of your scale are artificially inflating the reported pay raise percentage.

If I were you all, the percentage I'd like to see is a comparison between actual payroll per pilot in 2017 versus if this proposal were applied to 2017. I have no knowledge of your actual numbers, but you can bet that your negotiating committee members do. I would guess the sum total of givebacks versus improvements would put your actual raise at far less than 43%.

Just the humble suggestion of an outsider looking in. Carry on.