Originally Posted by WorktoPlay

This vote is going to come down to money. Nothing else matters. Of course it does matter...a lot! But everyone will look at the calculations and make a decision, not based on weather you can drop a R day or being held captive at the airport, essentially on airport reserve waiting to get “rescheduled”, but for the money lost vs gained. For example, if they keep you at the airport for even 1 minute, you get 2 hours of pay over guarantee whether they reschedule you or not. For captains, that’s around $400 over guarantee. Money vs inconvenience. Everyone has an opinion on that and we are not all of the same.
If this gets voted down, we will lose so much money every 6 months without a contract it makes one’s head spin. Many reasonable people with a lot of negotiations experience feel this could take at least a year, maybe more.
It doesn’t matter what you believe. It only matters what the majority believes. I only say that because we individuals are not in control. As I stated in another post, we are a collective and we will be subjected to the decision of the simple majority.
Many things about this pile of ****** TA upsets me beyond words. I have never read a more poorly worded document in my 30 year career. But my fear is that if it gets voted down, especially by a thin margin, any gains we MIGHT get will not compensate for the amount of money we will lose if this takes another 6 months and only gets exponentially worse every month, thereafter.

My wish is this. Either we ratify this TA so we can get to work banking some real cash increases...Or it gets defeated by at least a 70% margin. Anything else will be a disasster.