Principle.

12000 guys have received 2% DC increases thus far. I don't know why these 200 guys should get 5% increase, when all the rest of us have only gotten 2%. And with the merger equity these guys got, they are WAY ahead of the DAL new hires in building a decent retirement, so that argument doesn't float with me.

If we're gonna re-negotiate sections of the PWA to benefit small demographics, how about these:

1) NYC based pilot hourly pay rates oughta be $3/hr higher than anywhere else, because that place is expensive
2) ATL guys oughta get a couple of positive space passes every year to compensate them for the fact that they DON'T get any during CQ training, but everyone else does.
3) ATL guys oughta get per diem while in training just like the non-ATL guys do.
4) Non-commuters oughta get a couple of positive space passes too, to compensate them for the "call in honest" passes the commuters now get.

I could go on and on...