I've heard several different things concerning our contract. One of the several different things was growth could be right around the corner, hence, some concessions here and there on staffing issues to handle both NB and WB growth. That's all just rumors. And on principle I'd hope the NC would know better (and I think they do) than to agree to say yes to giving something up on paper in exchange for the company promising to do something in return, like grow, that's legitimately not on paper.

Whatever, that's kind of messy. Probably not what's going on anyways so wait til the TA, right?

But 717s announcement around the same time as a TA would make sense. A tangible promise of some "growth" greater than our current trajectory "so now look at the TA in a different light" kind of thing. A little euphoria would help the TA go better right? Kind of like how sex is the Novocain that makes marriage possible- growth is like the Novocain that makes a squishy TA palatable?

But just like I don't want to give up staffing to make more money, I don't want to give up something in a contract for an unwritten promise.

I welcome 717s with open arms, but Section 1 and Section 2-28 of the TA are separate issues.