I'd say starting on January 1 we now have a 19 hour long call. Management can easily get around this by simply having more pilots on short call. This will definitely increase their costs but a contract is a contract. So be it.

Our contract cannot be changed by an "All Pilots Letter."

If FAR 117 is making our contract more difficult to follow and more expensive and management wants to negotiate some modifications to comply with the new FAR then I would say "what are you willing to give up for that?" Show me the money.