Food for thought regarding the Average up language. Spirit's current TA has the sole purpose of bridging the gap between their 2018 CBA and their upcoming JCBA with JB. They get a little pay bump that brings them in just a hair behind our new rates. I'm hearing JB may do something similar for their pilots. Maybe any lurking JB pilots can speak to this?? However, if JB were to pass a quick pay bandaid aimed at matching us just prior to their JCBA, those rates would then factor into our average. If that scenario played out, our Average would look something like this.
DAL $337+
UAL $335+
AAL $330+
SWA $282+
JBA $306 =
1590/5=
$318......
Even if the top 3 all had $337, we'd only get $319. Tip 'o the cap to management, they're not dumb. They knew exactly how to get votes without having to pay for them.