I was impressed with LOA #31 changes. In fact, the last several changes we have gotten outside of section 6 seem pretty decent, and my hat's off to the negotiating committee and scheduling/training teams. Seems like we got a lot, for not much. 12 mo lock after just being trained seems absolutely reasonable to me. I seem to recall I had a 2 year freeze in 2001, could be wrong. But it makes me think... why would the company give up something with such $$ value as OE recovery obligations, unless they thought they could make good use of a new-hire freeze in the near future?

Anyone got any rumors?