I think the MEC did us a service by sending this TA to the Delta pilots.

The process isn't broken, it is alive and well.

What is broken is having some on the MEC selling this TA on the basis of fear.
Fear is a terrible reason to vote YES on.

I agree that the road to self-help is lengthy and not that lily to produce superior results.
Ironically we have something better and quicker. Rejecting this TA is the most powerful thing the Delta pilots can do at this point. The timeline is in days...

Who really has the time-value-money problem? The company or the pilots?
If the pilots want to open early, do you think the company will say "sure" or will say "a contract is a contract?"

We have the ball and are about to fumble should we approve this TA...
The end zone is in sight, better put it down here - just in case...

Cheers
George