Don't sweat Carl, Bar. He only gets offensive when he has nothing. He joined the discussion late, got a little equity by attacking the SDP's he'll never have to fly, and he started into the politics right afterwards. Most of APC is talking about solving problems, he's here to deflect blame, and obscure the issue.

The issue is that reps thought we'd like the SDP's, but made the basic mistake of not validating that before it got to a vote. That's the bad news. The good news is that pilots saw the value of their involvement, and reps saw the dangers of straying too far without consultation. They did a good job staying right on top of the NC, but forgot to make sure we could stay right on top of the discussion.

There is a lot we need to talk about, and I'm looking forward to moving beyond merger politics.