We get it, our TA is a turd and SWA is superior.

You're comparing apples to oranges my friend. I've mentioned in previous posts that it wasn't that long ago SWA was the lowest paid(see your senior CA's in the 90's made less than most legacy widebody FO's). *Spirit is a 112 AC airline. *Most of our longevities are 50% behind in pay. *SWA wasn't that far behind in pay during your last round of negotiations and you could afford to wait on a better deal. *SWA management actually wants a good relationship with its employees, Spirit management could care less about us! *Spirit has NO merger protection! *Our current LTD is terrible! *Our pilot group is apathetic(see we didn't get 700 pilots total to show up at ALL of our pickets added together, JB did that last month in the freezing cold). *The VA/AK arbitration is precedent setting and set the ceiling for our top pay.

I stood with you during your first picket at Love Field. I wish our group had the UNITY and leadership that SWAPA showed during your negotiations. But the truths speak for themselves. We are dealing with the devil when it comes to employee/management negotiations and our group is tired/broken. Most can't wait and roll the dice to see if we will get a few more dollars per hour, better section 25 language or more DC at DOS. The risk far outweighs the reward!