And this is where I blame not only our inept management but UNION for f*cking this thing up. We could have had a deal a long time ago if the lifers could have settled on which crappy bidding system to use. But no, we half a lifetime fighting over PBS vs line-bidding so that one side could have more control over picking a crappy 23 hour 4-day vs. a crappy 21 hour 4-day.

5 Years. 5 YEARS is what we're coming up on here. Take a moment and think deeply about what things can be done in 5 year time frame. If someone were to have come to you 5 years ago and said "I'll bet you $100,000,000 that your guys won't have a deal done half a decade from now", would you take that bet?

Newflash: Nobody is going to hit the jackpot with this JCBA. Send this crap to binding arbitration like Compass did and let's get on with our lives.