Big Brown,
I would love to have $280 an hour to start with our next contract, but I have to be realistic. If $240 is what it ends up being, or even $230, if we get COLA-type increases over 5 years, that's $40 higher at the end. The initial $230 or $240 is now greater than $270. $270 for an end of contract rate would definitely meet most pilots' expectations.