It's completely this. We should propose nothing other than both a pay bump and reserve QOL improvements in exchange for nothing other than "pilots will actually volunteer to upgrade with these things." If the company balks at both, okay, make the CA bump higher and the FO bump lower. Or negotiate reserve QOL terms in exchange for that TPA co-domicile. There will be plenty of senior-ish CAs now who are going to find themselves much more junior in Florida (and FFS, don't just give the company TPA for free).

We made some significant gains at my last airline several years before the recent COVID pay increases. We didn't do it by saying, "it is what it is." We did it by 1) not accepting less than what we felt we deserved, and 2) actually negotiating with the company, not grandstanding or accepting no for an answer.

And to beat a few of you to it... no. I don't want to go back to where I came from. Let's instead bring that same approach here and bring some meaningful gains to everyone on property. Not just senior pilots, and not just junior pilots.