Syd,
I don't know what to say. Almost every pilot I have spoken with who voted for the contract said they wanted to stop the cal onslaught. If not for the merger issues but rather a stand alone contact, they would not have voted for it. If you found it as a diamond in the rough, my apologies.
To me, it wreaks if a used colostomy bag discovered behind the couch two years after the fact. I understand their thinking, but disagree.