Originally Posted by AAL24

It would take too long to highlight all the areas where the APA negotiated contract lags our peers. But I think it's safe to say our contract has significantly trailed our peers for a long time. We will always have comprable hourly pay rates but beyond that all bets are off. I don't think APA is up to the task for closing the gap in work rules, QOL, and total compensation. A merger with ALPA is probably our best hope for catching up. Possibly a few thousand retirements off the top will help. A lot of our senior pilots don't even realize how far we've fallen behind our legacy peers and I doubt they care much.