vote no raise the bar = xjt going out of business and another lower paying & lower qol regional gladly picking up the flying

fellow pilots at other companies have not left us a choice or a leg to stand on. We have to be more competitive with cheaper airlines. We all knew we couldnt keep industry leading pay and work rules while other airlines were gladly accepting 1 or 2% raises yr over yr (not even keeping up with inflation) and getting overides to fly larger equipment??? As long as places LIKE colgan exist and their pilots have no problem with flying larger and larger equipment for less and less and have no clue what work rules at a 121 carrier should be... this is going to be a recurring theme for regional airlines. Survival of the crappiest pay and work rules.

There is an unstoppable flow of new, niave, and ignorant pilots who will fly whatever you want for whatever you want to pay as long as your willing to give them a shot. We all have to start somewhere but theres a right way and a wrong way to do it.