Originally Posted by ImSoSuss

This is the most senior pilot group in the U.S., maybe the world. They have been beaten down so many times that they have Stockholm Syndrome at this point where they will say yes to any piece of turd passed down to them from the Company. Also the BOD put a little sweetener in there to get the old guard to sign, and that was an extra week of vacation for those over 25 years seniority. This TA was definitely fixed to get a 51% to 55% vote to pass which is why thank god it never got to a vote because it would have passed.

You know how many CA's I've flown with on the line that would have signed our embarrassment of a TA because ""ItS bEtTeR tHaN nOtHiNg" and "YoU nEvEr KnOw WhEn ThE nExT dOwNtUrN wIlL hIt".

While both of those may technically be true, it is definitely worth the risk to take advantage of the best negotiating environment ever seen for pilots.