LOL "Lets take the contract (policies, procedures, management, software, name, etc) of the bankrupt failure airline and use it as the basis for the future"

Yeah, well if you had said that, instead of the nonsense about someone deliberately going in and stripping away your favorite goodies from contracts that were about to become null, then I would have agreed.

A clean sheet cherry pick the best of every cba approach would have been great, it would still be great next go-round, but in the real world, particularly in the real world of the MOU, the one that both east and west overwhelmingly voted for, that was not going to happen.

Sometimes ya' gotta' step out of Fantasyland and deal with reality.

I am no big fan, but overall, even given the loss of min day/long layover rig and jumpseat weight restriction, this JCBA is way better than what any of the three have had for a very long time.

As for the regional comment, why exactly are people trying so hard to leave there and come here if that is actually true?

I was told by a CP at my airline (not AA) that when a pilot goes on medical leave they are removed from the CASS System for jumpseating. To deny a guy cabin seat passes really sucks, especially in the aforementioned 2014 example.

Obviously, the pay is the reason people want to be here-but poor work rules negate a lot of the progress which was made as far as pay.

I definitely agree that the MOU laid the groundwork for a crappy JCBA.

I also understand how beat down the pilots were after all the bankruptcies. They would have passed absolutely anything to get some extra bucks to head into the sunset with.

I just wish the union did a better job in negotiations. I am still amazed that is all we got.

Come on over and Jump right in Arado, the water is (shark infested!)

I'm amazed that we did get what we did, and surprised they didn't muck it up worse than they did.

But, I've been watching them longer.

That said, it was a BK exit contract, and I'm not sure that anyone saw oil prices falling the way they did, and that is a big huge chunk of the profits we're seeing now. Good thing too, imo. It is hard to imagine how the last couple or next couple of years would go if not for that, or if some really negative event happened.

I guess it's a matter of perspective.

Too bad we aren't in section 6 right now.....

Like when AW bought US Air?

Second must ridiculous thing posted here today, congrats

They save that for the next recession
Wanna know when that is?
The date early of openers