Things are almost always bitter during contract negotiations. Mgmnt and labor fued over labor costs like cats and dogs while a/c and growth are used as bait. As an Acey driver I believe that we will have a new deal in the very near future, hopefully by Feb. JA has given upper Mgmnt the mandate to clean up our ops or they will be replaced. With that said we have seen some improvements in manpower and eq.

First year pay is horrible no matter what carrier you go to at the regional level. Hopefully in our new deal we can raise it to a livable rate.

24G, I can think of other carriers (Comair Mesa Mesaba) that are worse off than ASA. Don't let the rantings of a few deter your career goals.