I think it's become pretty clear by now (the UAL Chairman's memo, the 717 purchase, the non-contract employee raises) that this TA is the spearhead of an industry wide effort to contain labor costs, with DALPA, knowingly or not, facilitating the effort. C'mon, does anybody think the non-contract employees will get anything other than 4-8-3-3? A 10 cent per diem increase with a corresponding reduction in profit sharing?! Why must we be tied to FA compensation? To regional airline fleet plans? To ALPA member hiring quotas? To having to pay for re-fleeting mainline?