No one wants to shut the place down but you must be willing to. I will not vote to work under a crap contract either. I keep hearing just give us the XJ rates and that is not gonna work for us. Both Colgan and Pinnacle pilots would get raises as well as pinnacle getting a signing bonus while the XJ guys get status quo.....a concessionary agreement.

I think the big push is to get it done before December 1. That is the day XJ guys get a 4% raise across the board plus on December 31 we get a per diem jump and restoration of our yearly uniform allowance, I think it is $235 If I don't see current rates + 4% + some, it is a no vote.

If anyone wonders why the XJ concessionary agreement is so much better than most, it is because the pilot group put it all on the line. Shutting the doors was a better idea than accepting huge pay cuts in the bankruptcy. That is why the mentality of shutting down the airline (strike) is so powerful. We forced management to work with us instead of accepting whatever they gave us.