I think if the contract was an overall good deal for the pilots, we would be seeing either a bigger paycheck, positive movement, or both. It's that simple - those are the two ways the airline affects your life. So compare your W-2 to last year, and compare your bidding power/schedule to last year. Are you better off or not? I would guess that even with the pay raises, most or all of that money has been consumed by movement down the list and/or flying a worse schedule.

Cost neutral or not, reserve, blah blah blah. Are you better off money and time wise with C2012 or without it? And which way is the trend going?