Originally Posted by otter1

The point is I don't think we'd ever make it up. Being nice, or snarky like your post, doesn't have anything to do with it. It's about what's realistic. Most captains making over $200K/year is a pretty good raise. I'm not "rolling over" but making a decision that I feel is the best one. The ALPA financial analyst, the MEC and the NC feel this is the best deal we can get. I doubt you know better than they do. They showed the graphs with their facts. Do you have facts that show the company can sustain much higher rates and still be profitable and attract investment? The NMB was unwilling to push for more money. So what leverage do we have? We'd still be under the TRO as well.

This TA is a huge improvement in a number of areas. It at least puts us in the ballpark with other carriers instead of the ridiculous pay rates we have now. Voting no means keeping those ridiculous pay rates for possibly a very long time.