Credit Hours vs. Quality of life don't have to be mutually exclusive. I hope that the ALPA contract will provide for those who can't make it on $150/yr and need to fly 100 hours/month, just as it will allow for those who want to chase more days off.

With adequate scope and duty rig, you can have your cake and eat it too.

I'm sure this idea could apply to the AFA contract, and to be sure, AFA will have to represent the wishes of it's new members. The vote to elect AFA was not a mandate by any stretch. UAL had 60% more votes, but AFA only won by 6%. Obviously there are many UAL F/A's who like what they see at CAL. If AFA continues business as usual, I'd expect to see them off the property before too long. Come to think of it, that applies to ALPA too!