You just said that a ratio of 1.43:1 (70%) seemed like an appropriate amount. By the way, you pulled that completely out of thin air. Two pages ago you lambasted anyone who used a long-standing method of gauging pay, by seats and a ratio of 2.5:1, as being wildly unreasonable. Why is using your linear scale acceptable, while others are not?

For some reason you think that if mainline gets a proportional raise that it somehow diminishes the raise that the regional pilots just received. Please elaborate. Because a raise is a raise. All because others at another company also receive a raise does not impact you at all. In fact it's probably beneficial, as it creates more upward pressure on your employer to match again.

And it's simple math. You are advocating for regionals to get closer to mainlines in pay. In order for that to happen, mainline pay would have to have slower or frozen progress while regionals gain ground. So you did actually say it. You only wrapped those words in "won't someone think of the poor regional pilots!"

I don't understand what you're even arguing at this point, but you sure do want everyone to accept $320 as quickly as possible.