Still cannot understand why alpa and the pilots have ratified this New contract. Defies belief. Firstly all incoming ATR pilots being payed substantially less then existing pilots on a crappy blended rate. From what I’ve seen, up to $10,000 difference in the f/o ranks and up to $25,000 in the captain ranks. Yes, this blended rate will eventually disappear when the dash disappears. But how long will this be. Adds up to a lot of lost income in a short space of time. And secondly, introducing an even lower graduate pilot salary into the contract.this to me goes against everything that the union and pilots should be standing for. No one should be worse off than before. There was already a starting salary in the links. No need to negotiate a c scale into the contract! When the company tried to introduce a graduate pilot salary into the jet fleet they were told bluntly from members, no way in hell. We have a starting year 1 salary in the contract thank you very much.