No, I'm saying that it's as much a check on management as it is on the pilots. Sure the potential for abuse is there. Contract abuse happens every day, but not here. If that changes, everything changes and it'll be airline/labor business as usual at JetBlue. Since they've been as good as their word so far, I give them the benefit of the doubt. But if they ever use the nuclear option on a pilot, no matter how deserving, rather than go through the contractual termination process, all bets are off.

It's called trust, Bill. Only time can tell whether it's been misplaced. You confuse that with naivete, but it's not.