Don’t kid around this was a coup for Skywest. They successfully merged the airlines with the enthusiasm of a typically militant pilot group. YOU DELT THEM AN ACE. ASA is still flying CRJs while your next set of CRJs are already being prepped on the XJT side. Wow that was close! Not.
In days of yore TSA had an excellent contract too, I hate to divulge but XJT does not stand above the rest anymore. Almost everyone has made big improvements. Vacation touching is great but it isn’t career great while the minimum day pay makes me barf.
A very distant 3rd place is not respectable in pattern bargain. The rest of the field hovers around 3rd place. Add the 40k signing bonus and they have your compensation locked down. That is only going away when you bargain something away in the future!
Congrats. Just go away.