Originally Posted by gloopy

You are assuming progress at the table though. If the opener and/or the over all tone of expectations we are getting from DALPA suggests that all we can expect is a small raise with partial to maybe full COLA year over year with minor work rule improvements and maybe a give back or two here and there, and no scope improvements, is that really worth keeping said bargaining agent?

And if DALPA can't/won't get SWA plus reasonable premiums plus full COLA over the life of the contract, significant scope recapture (we will be watching for the "meet and confer" as that better happen and there's too many parties involved for it to be kept secret) plus work rule improvements, etc then why keep them around?

Because no matter how bad it ends up being, it theoretically could have been worse? Wasn't that Leo the Ceo's mantra for why he deserved massive retention bonuses (before he left)?