Originally Posted by
Aero1900
Just a thought: I wonder if this is true because these smaller carriers have been coming from so far behind?
When you are payed 50% less, you feel a burning need to play catch up. SouthWest voted down a TA in their last negotiations, while they were comfortably making way more money than us. They weren't suffering. They were fighting to raise the bar to the top. It's far easier to vote a TA down from the comfort of your SeaRay while cruising around the lake your beach house is on. Same thing with Delta voting a TA down.
Spirit and Allegiant pilots voted on their TA from their repair shop waiting room while getting the AC serviced on their 1984 Corolla.
I'm not saying that either vote was right or wrong, but circumstances matter.
Don't forget that SWA pilots have been raising the bar for a LONG time. They began raising the bar when they were a small lowly LCC group trailing the majors in every fashion.
Those SWA pilots weren't always well paid. They began raising the bar when they were saving money to get the window crank fixed on their '71 Pinto so they could roll the window down.
We need to take a lesson from them.