I sincerely hope it doesn't make it to a vote...if it does make it, I believe it will pass. The company did a good job of increasing pay in the right areas that won't cost much, but will get votes. Here's what I mean: we have 600 FO's that need $$ and will get a bonus plus all the second year fo's will get a substantial raise (about $10/hr)...That'll be good for over half voting yes...I'm gonna say around 400 FO's say yes so they can afford real food every month. Then you have the super senior guys who don't plan to leave...I'm gonna say those who've been here over 12 years. Rumor I've heard is at 18yrs, CA's go over $100/hr. They aren't turning that down. Mark another 100 votes in. All that's needed is 650 votes +/- and with those 2 groups they have around 500 yes votes give or take 50. There is still at least 400 people to vote and they just need 150 of them to say yes.
The 2 biggest issues for me is SCOPE and BONUS. Scope is rock solid from what it sounds like, but bonus is unacceptable. Bonus is all you really have with a contract. Here are 3 fairly recent contracts (within 5 years): ExpressJet, Mesaba, Comair, all of whom have given concessions on their agreements. Bonus is yours. They've had almost 5 yrs to get my money together and now want to pay me less than half of what's owed when they should be paying intrest! AND they want to do it in 2 checks?!?!? This cannot pass the MEC. SE, SHUT THIS TA DOWN!!!!