Originally Posted by dba74

ASA has CDO lines that are blocked under guarantee (around 40 hours) but you still get paid guarantee plus underblock. On the 700 most legs are underblock, and it is hard to get overblock even if you try. The TA removes underblock pay which for me is around $500/ month or $6000/ year! Anything concessionary in nature should be avoided. I showed in an earlier post that the new 700 rates now apply to up to 76 seats (i.e. crj-900). So the company basically gets 9% more revenue (actually more because several of these seats are first class) and we get 1% raise. Not only is that concessionary, but we haven't even mentioned inflation or cost of living raises.

I understand you guys are excited to get a TA after 5 years. Believe me, so am I. I've actually been here almost twice that long and watched as management found loopholes and creative interpretations to get around the exisiting contract. I know what they are capable of. After over 5 years we need to get all we can from them, not settle for the first thing
that comes along. What I'm really baffled by is why the negotiating committee and subsequently the MEC went for this. So now it's up to us, the pilots to decide what's right. BTW, most of the yes votes seem to be new guys so I was wondering if anyone on here is thinking of voting yes that has been at the company say 5 years or more? just curious, don't take it the wrong way.