Originally Posted by nicholasblonde

I know plenty of FOs who have the mentality "why bother" once they found out the 2nd year pay would only be a notch above Mesa, and way below ASA & Comair & Skywest's current rates (which are old rates)...if it had been ASA + $1 as advertised, you might have seen your 350+ FOs vote yes...but that math will skew when most guys realize the tax bracket increase will kill their paltry $7 raise...also don't forget there are plenty of career changers and FedEx kiddies here who had the money to pay for Jet U & ATP--and for some of those folks money isn't, wasn't, and won't ever be a big influencing factor in their life decisions...