I don't know how you got that from my post. I am just saying that our contract is not responsible... good or bad... for everything that affects us. Our lives simply aren't that black and white. Some on here want to blame dALPA for every ill that confronts us even if they have nothing to do with it. Frankly, I find that kind of thinking very shallow. For example: dALPA doesn't buy airplanes, but they do set the rates for operation of any equipment that management buys. Then, guys blame dALPA because our career earnings are not what many expected. Yes, it is my windmill, but is is apropos here. There are other examples. My point is that much of the anger is directed at the wrong target. YMMV.