Most of the LASA pilots who said they would vote yes before, thought there would be at least minor improvements in pay offset with good qol. The only ones who will vote yes now are lifers who fear retaliation from the company and think their career at xjt will be threatened if they rock the boat.
Most of us, even a majority who planned to stay in the past, are applying elsewhere and don't care what happens to xjt since they don't want to be here anyway.
JB and soberirishman and others who will start coming on here to influence a yes vote so the company survives, should know that most of us, even 10+ year pilots, don't care if the company survives or not. Most only hope it survives as long as they're here.
I'm not a burn it down type of person, and I think this is a good company that fills an important role in the industry. But I hope to move on and would rather see this place disappear, before or after I leave, than degrade myself to accept the conditions they are presenting to us.
It's true you are worth what you negotiate, but negotiations aren't done until the yes vote is complete. A no vote is part of the process as well as the tactics the company will use in return. So let's keep negotiations open by voting no and forcing the negotiators back to the table.
We are going to lose airplanes no matter what. Mainline is shifting capacity upward where it belongs, regionals won't be able to staff making it necessary to shrink the fleet, and pilots who want to stay will be able to at a much smaller, maybe better run company. Meanwhile, we'll have preserved the company and improved qol and pay for those who have stayed.
If you're anything but very senior and think you have a future here you're wrong. The company will shrink as a result of market forces and if not enough pilots leave voluntarily, the bottom will be furloughed. Once again, a yes vote would not change that.
There is no conceivable, justifiable reason to vote yes unless you're super-senior with no where else to go.
NO
