All I’m saying is the narrative that “the 5% has already been bought and paid for” is only some thing that a pilot group would buy into. Management doesn’t look at it like that and I truly doubt our negotiators do either. If your minimum threshold for a contract is Delta +5, I don’t think that’s unreasonable at all. If it’s Delta, +10, honestly, the company can afford it. We have leverage, so shoot for the moon. Just don’t be foolish enough to pretend like the narrative we are spinning is something that anyone else buys in to. Whatever we get above Delta has nothing to do with the pandemic raise. Is the idea here that SK sits in his office and says “I’d like to give them Delta +3, but unfortunately, we already agreed to the pandemic Reyes… Darn it?!” So, whatever we get above DAL, it’s just a symbolic buffer that Kirby strategically puts forward, for us, future pilots, and other pilot groups, to signal whatever narrative he puts forth.

Vote YES or NO on what’s put in front of you and let go of the indignant act.