The POINT is that a contract protects those pilots who ACTUALLY SIGN IT. Why do you feel that the Mesaba contract, which was negotiated before we were even an ALPA carrier, should protect OUR pilots?

You guys seem to be losing sight of what this whole thing is about, ELIMINATING THE WHIPSAW. Imagine the obscenities that we would be hearing when Mesaba pilots operate Colgan routes WITHOUT a Joint Contract / SLI.

The whole pay rate thing is like eating your spinach as a kid. It doesn't taste very good going down, but you grow up big and strong.