I'm not asking you to "suspend the principles of logic." I'm just asking you to provide evidence... any evidence... that the predominant view on this MEC is that restoration should be our objective. That's what you keep saying it is, right? Well you must have something to make you think that! Is it something your reps said or wrote to you? If so, what? What did they say that would indicate the predominant view on this MEC (not just your rep's view) is a focus on restoration?

See, I think you can tell a lot about a person's intentions by listening to what they say and looking at what they do. When we emerged from bankruptcy and the "emergency" was over, I started paying a lot of attention to what DALPA was saying and doing. I expected to see an unmistakable focus on restoring what was taken/we lost/we gave up (however you see it) just before and during bankruptcy. I expected to see that our MEC clearly understood that the cuts we took were NOT a permanent reset of how our profession is compensated. What I saw instead was... well.... basically NOTHING. And I interpret that (don't know how else you could interpret it) as a tacit admission that our massive concessions were indeed a permanent reset. And in the 4+ years since, I've seen nothing to indicate otherwise. Again, if you have something, I'd sure love to see it!

That's some pretty convoluted logic. If anything, I'm trying to RAISE expectations! We get plenty of LOWERED managed expectations from DALPA. But mostly, I'm trying to get you (and others) to look realistically at this MEC and see what you think their intentions really are. Look. I know you have a high level of trust in ALPA. But sometimes, blind trust can really bite you in the @ss. All I'm asking you to do is to look at what this MEC says and does. Look at it with an open mind. And then tell me what you see. Tell me exactly what you see that would indicate they are working towards restoration. Maybe it's just right in front of me and I'm missing it. Help me out here, Shiz!!!