Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Items are given up in every contract even the very best. Trades are made. There were lots of changes in reserve. No one posts about the good things. Over the course of my career reserve is the single most improved part of the contract by a big margin. We have progressed from 19 to 20 days on call 24 hours a day with 2 hours to report to the system we have today. It has ebbed back and forth over the years by the overall trend has been hugely positive.
My hope is that the next time we are sitting in a really good negotiating position after having given up massive pay cuts and the company comes to us for an early agreement after record profits we don't feel the need to feed them concessions in the form of reduced profit sharing and onerous reserve rules that worsen QOL.