Everyone seems to forget that back in 2019, inflation hadn’t happened yet and we had seen annual rates between 1.5-3% for decades. We were just coming off the heels of a 30% raise under TA2. Look at any of the comms put out leading up to the opener. Do you see any mention of pay whatsoever, other than the goal of being industry leading on every type of aircraft?

I’m told by a very reliable source that ALPAs pay opener back in 2019 was closer to 12/5/5. That’s quite a bit different than the narrative Sailing is trying to paint about 20/8/8 or whatever nonsense his flight ops buds want to use to justify their foot dragging in 2019.

I’m still waiting to hear if he believes the comprehensive gains in every section were worth doing, or if they also should have been scrapped in the name of expediency and TVM.