Originally Posted by GoFaster

All fair enough points. At the end of the day personally I just can’t sleep at night knowing I signed off on a bad deal. There’s a compromise, and then there’s a complete rip-off.

If the company had come forward and said look we can’t do anything about the money so we’re going to really up the things we do have control over - quality of life, work rules, contract language, but our hands are tied on the pay… this would be a completely different story. But it’s the same old mesa. They’re never going to give up anything they can’t take right back. It’s not a good faith offer. It’s garbage, and it’s about so much more than the abysmal pay.

There’s not a reason in the world they couldn’t have changed a ton of stuff in that contract except that it all helps get them out of tight spots at the expense of the quality of life of the pilots. If everybody else still had the same old horrible contracts but was getting paid more, it would be a valid argument. But we’re once again just absolutely dead last on everything. I’m not voting yes for that.