On paper your contract looks better, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say some of what you consider "better" might be "worse" once some key players from 9E Management get their hands on it...rest assured, they are picking through every WORD in your contract as we speak (if they haven't already) looking for EVERY possible way to blow you out of the water on any "conflict" that arises on a scheduling or pay issue...Barney, FF, and SL are pros at twisting things in their favor, and they know exactly where the razor-thin border is between doing things the FAA/arbitrator will come after them on, and doing things that will let them duck under the radar/regs....

With your min day, all Pinnacle is going to do is spread the flying out to exactly 4 hours of flying per pilot per day, and the way THEY use PBS, everyone will have 11 day off lines....it WILL help reserves, but will significantly decrease days off for lineholders, who currently get 14-20 days off (if you bid max days off@75-80 hours line), with the exception of the last 10-15 lines...

Our health insurance is stellar...would be good to keep that...it costs almost nothing--$5 generics, $10 name-brand...they cover almost anything, and out of pocket expenses are extremely low...it's contractual and won't change significantly even if they switch companies...

Copying and pasting XJ's contract + 9E's vacation slide & Health Insurance could lead to some unforeseen consequences once Barney et al. get a hold of it....that's all I'm saying...