Originally Posted by
rogual
There's nothing to "fall for". It's just straight math. Estimate the delay incurred by the TA being voted down and see how much is needed to gain in order to break even. It aint pretty. BTW, when selling a house, the saying is that the first offer is the best. I've got experience that backs that piece of conventional wisdom.
The retro goes up even farther to pay for the delay. Straight math. This is not their best offer. They will be laughing at us if we are dumb enough to vote this in as is. We are not going to start over at the beginning. Just renegotiate the items we feel are lacking. I'm glad your home selling has taught you to take the first offer. I'm not selling a home. Good contracts are negotiated by the masses, not the MEC's. MEC's work for the pilot group. I think they got a pretty good stab at the first try. We need to send them back with our needs. We won't get all of them 100%, but maybe we can get all of them 50% of 3 or 4 at 100% of our needs. Isn't that worth a short delay?