I’m not convinced that the extra year extension hurt us on TA2. The company and union were not in any mindset of finding common ground on a theoretical contract in 2018/19. Remember the toxicity back then? That’s a pay raise we wouldn’t have if the contract became amendable in 2018.

I do agree that hitting quick “doubles” is a smarter way than holding out for “grand slams”. The wait for successive grandslams may yield total value less than quick multiple “doubles.”

I could have lived with TA1, but there were some extremely toxic issues: profit sharing cut, 23G5 FO trip buys for OE cuts, wimpy pay tables to name a few.

TA2 was a sure win. That worked out. As far as any “TA2s” being worse? It’s not exactly the same, but ask the AirTran pilots how they like their second seniority list with SW vs their first offer.