I will forever be shocked that the pay rates and bonus weren’t eye watering with the amount of concessions they tried to include in ta1.

Unfortunately I see this playing out for a very long time. They aren’t going to offer industry standard and we will and should continue to say no until they do however long that takes. My blood boils to think about guys retiring every month without an improved pension but that was the risk accepted with not addressing it in the last contract. But please direct your anger at the cheap a$$ company that many of you are so loyal to for not acknowledging your career and sacrifice with an improved pension AND an industry standard contract not at your fellow pilot for refusing to work for less with major concessions and some unknown pancake retirement plan to fund a pension increase.