Not for lack of trying dude. You can't make management show up and give you an industry leading contract. Our contract language was written decades ago and we have hundreds of outstanding grievances based on "past practice napkin agreements" that nobody knows anything about. The reason we're taking so long is we are working on a complete rewrite so that both sides KNOW what the language is and what the intent is. It's a lot easier slapping a Flex-Seal pay rate sticker on something currently written like you did (which if we're trashing airlines....you all f'd up with accepting rates that didn't even cover inflation which snowballed into Delta, American, and United doing the same).

It's a fact that we work harder than any other 737 operator on the planet and we will be compensated justly for it or there will be no deal. If that affects your "snap up average"....IDGAF. This is a once in a generation shot to make lasting changes that will affect us for the rest of our careers and rushing it so some AK pilot gets another 1% isn't even on our radar.