unless you have some information that the majority of us don't, How do you feel so comfortable asserting an ironclad position? I’m honestly curious… what gives you the confidence that you have more insight and the rest of us?

this kind of hubris is so toxic in the cockpit… I would think we are one group of professionals that would not of gotten caught up in this modern day indulgence of black-and-white thinking…

1. if the top third get nothing other than a 10% pay reduction, (and many of them keep a higher paying seat, thus negating the pay reduction they would’ve received if the furloughs and displacement went through)… I am OK asking that of them

2. If the middle third get to keep their seats and not play the giant game of musical chairs… They keep a lot of money in their pockets as well… The ones who get screwed in this group are the ones who chose to say senior in their BES and now get a 20% pay cut to help save junior pilots.

3. The bottom 2850 of this group I suppose are lucky to have jobs? The next 1500 are the ones who will take the largest hit financially from this whole deal (if displacements go through for this group and they receive a large pay cut).

if you take all The potential furloughees, and pilots in the top and middle third who are now not getting displaced, you should have well over 50% to pass this TA. I do not feel bad for the senior guy/gal take me a 10% pay hit… I feel bad for the people who were living well within their means on a lesser BES in the middle third, and the same group in (the top of) the bottom third. Those of us like me who got an early upgrade or some good WB QOL enjoyed good luck for a few years, but the party is over for now.

One man’s take on how this could play out