The problem lies with not having penalties tied to missing deadlines. We've got guys that basically have their lives on hold waiting to see if they're gonna upgrade, downgrade, change bases or whatever. It doesn't affect the guys in the front office at all, so there's no pressure to do things like work through the weekend of past 4:30 in the afternoon. Start tying a monetary penalty into awards coming out 2+ weeks late, and the pressure starts building for those guys. Something to pay those affected by the award's late posting back for the stress. I don't have a dog in this fight. I'm currently at my #2 choice on my bid, and the quotas pretty much lock me out of my #1, so I've got no dog in the fight. I do know a lot of junior CAs and senior FOs that are biting their nails, though.

I'm just waiting for the next "drop dead" date as far as deadlines go. Same as I was this time last year with contract negotiations. If they're looking at secondaries, why not go ahead and put the initial bid out? Secondaries should be on the final anyway.

The fact that it's taking this long REALLY makes me wonder if 11-08 was contractually compliant.