Everyone, including ALPA, has been misinterpreting what was said during the Barclays Fireside Chat last Thursday. At no point did Barry or Ted acknowledge that we “should be paid like our legacy counterparts”. Instead, they were trying to articulate their argument that we already are paid like them. Their logic was that since we have “quicker upgrades” that we actually earn as much or more. Obviously there are flaws in that logic, but that’s what they were trying to say.