As a former MEC chair once said (to paraphrase) "we don't want to strangle the golden goose, but we do want to squeeze every last golden egg out of her".

When this company is ready to realize the synergy of a merged operation and staff, then they'll negotiate and they'll find it's going to cost them. When they'll be ready is anyone's guess, but in addition to the new contractual mandated changes, it will cost them retro pay . However, cash is cheap, the money they save on work rules today is a cost that pilots will never recover. Even with full retro, pilots will lose on that deal.

Count me in with the growing legions of pilots who are sick and tired of watching our fellow pilots let the company take what they want out of our current contract either through ignorance or greed. There is no excuse for either, ever. With a TRO in place "the union" doesn't have a lot of wiggle room to suggest that you know, and uphold your contract. As a line pilot, you're the tip of the spear - know it, live it - YOU ARE the union. Please do the right thing.