Sorry, you guys signed a pay increase after the acquisition was announced. Never would have happened without it. Your CEO said as much- he even said the airline wouldn't have survived. So if you want to compare apples to apples, your captain rates were very close to our top FO rates. So no, not a pay cut. This is not to mention the new contract. You said basically all were stapled, was that accurate ? Ask the SW guys who were displaced out of MCO if you were all "basically" stapled.
You do remember the far better deal that you guys rejected - right ?

I get tired of the Air Tran wine. You guys are FAR better off now. So just stop.