Ha, yeah that was a good one.

I wasn't looking for the moon on the last TA, but seriously as a captain it offered me 0 anything. And if I get nothing out of a TA, then why would I vote yes? There has to be something that makes me want it. Since then we've seen some substantial increases in regional pay. Meanwhile we are struggling to staff and cancelling flights due to staffing. Maybe the company and mec tosses us another proposal worth diddly and we vote it down, or they wake up and get with the times (record profits) and pay us a substantial amount of $$ to get people here and to stick around more than a few months before they say F all these junior mans and go to endeavor. I do like the double pay for getting hosed and having it in open time has pocketed me some cash too. I'd love to help the company get new guys by raising 1st year pay and making it rain bonuses, but there's this whole pilot group thing that needs to be addressed in the form of pay before I'm a yes vote to anything. If I read a TA and it says status quo plus 1 percent or some other insulting value, the next coffee and conversion is going to be ugly. I hope that's not the case.