This is proof enough that the old union playbook needs to be thrown away. Having the old "get along to go along" philosophy has left this pilot group a day late and a dollar short for decades.

There's almost a regional airline-like mentality- where the senior Seattle lifers set the tone because the rest are moving on in a couple of years anyway. It needs to change.

Alaska is a growing airline that has ambitions to compete nationally against large competitors. Its pilots should have a contract that reflects those goals.

Have some self-respect and negotiate for it.