“If this is voted down” and “something more permanent” are two totally different things. If we say no what are the odds that: 1) They’ll capitulate and establish long term increases in pay; 2) They’ll whipsaw us against another regional and say “Ok, we solved the problem?”

I’m all for permanent changes to critical pay, I’ve just been around long enough to know how little leverage we actually have. If they’re willing to give me $750 to do a DFW-LIT turn (or $2,400 to do a YYC overnight), I’ll gladly take it until they’re desperate enough to start throwing money at us as a recruiting tool (I’m planning to be long gone by then…)