I think the profit sharing deal was the thing that got us on the road dis-unity, resulting eventually in a lot of TA yes votes from pilots who figured they had to slam the brakes on a process that just might have resulted in a better TA (98% strike vote and we take the first offer?). What big, bad deal did we leverage this for? A resolution to a 757 (2 of them) grievance that, if settled, would have resulted in a small fine.

We didn't bargain for it. The company wanted us to get profit sharing so they could do the happy dance with Wall Street on Feb 14, and we played right into their hands for 1/3 of a monthly paycheck. The grievance gave them plausible deniability.

Would have been better to, in unity, say thank you no, we'd like a TA now, not later. Talk about the "time value of money" we could have been under the new pay scales nine months ago more than making up for the profit sharing.