Very appealing proposed pay rates.
However, I can't stress enough the need to protect the various present workrules, however complex-once the negotiators give them away, they are much harder to improve in future contracts than are pay rates, according to the very old timers. Once a major precedent is set, as when former Delta negotiators allowed allegedly the loosest US airline language on RJs several years ago, the losses can't be replaced.
If very good workrules are given away (min. day guarantee, duty, trip "rig", avg credit in a monthly schedule), then you work more days for the same pay, in many cases, and might finish a trip later in the day, missing the (commuting) flight home.
This is only one aspect-is it worth it if you are home less, or have less (i.e.minimum) layover time, or in lousier hotels, like the Hol. Inn in downtown Louisville (SDF), where crewmembers are often afraid to walk out at night?
Managements rarely offer improved pay and benefits at the same time-they mostly "rob Peter to pay Paul".