Originally Posted by sailingfun

I voted no on TA1. TA2 occurred because of a RA leaving. That put the brand new CEO in a position of not wanting instant labor unrest. In retrospect however we would have been much better off as a pilot group with TA1. We gave up some work rules issues, a initial raise 6 months ahead of the amendable date but far more devastating was extending the contract 1 year. That extension will have a big lifetime effect on earnings as we have now missed a entire contract cycle. It far outweighs the gains in TA2.