I think the major issue is the violation of the status quo and Pierce's willingness to make unilateral side deals.

No one is against the L-CAL pilots getting $$, but UAL pilots should get a commensurate $$ advance as well to maintain the status quo. Smisek's offer to honor the clauses of L-UAL's tpa, except base protection, only shows that Mgt has no intention of furloughing or parking a sizable portion of the L-UAL fleet in 2012. Therefore what L-UAL pilots would receive in return for L-CAL profit sharing is worthless.