Originally Posted by dojetdriver

I agree with you that that was the goal. But paychecks getting closer has more to do with the hit the majors took bringing them down. My current concessionary rate at an "industry leading CBA" is STILL less than my last carriers, and that rate was concessionary as well.

True, but see the above. My last carriers "regional" work rules were better than many legacies, till UAL/DAL's set a new standard. When UAL took concessions, we STILL had better rules than UAL (and some others) had.

Originally Posted by dojetdriver

I'm just using CAL here as an example, can't really measure DAL (high end) and not UAL (bottom end) in this comparison.

This ties into another thread where I said the same thing. But of the guys I know that have gone to CAL, NONE of them regret it. They are glad they made that choice, although the first six months completely sucked due to the substandard treatment. The first year or two may have sucked as well while they waited for their pay to catch up to what they left. They make that all too common statement that their "worst day at CAL will ALWAYS be better than than their best day at XJT". I'll take their word for it. But the one big thing they miss, and the one thing they wish they had was the work rules they had at XJT.