Maybe in the short term, but money isn't everything, particularly at a company that can't be trusted to follow a contract that allows the company even a little room with which to immediately begin eroding the giveaways of the contract, and this TA was full of that.

The language was terrible, the manner in which LOAs were to be used was less than ideal, pay for FOs was worse than the company's so-called LBFO, there were no rates for aircraft that the company has on order, the reserve language was really bad, and we kept getting a BS line about what the "negotiating notes," which won't help me a bit when I'm having a disagreement with a scheduler at 1AM, said.

Laugh all you want; 85% just happens to be the scientific standard for what is reasonable and no one cares about your reaction or thoughts at this point, particularly given your well-documented history of being a company stooge.

I will say, however, that the real reason this pilot group can't move forward and act in a collective manner that empowers our union is the attitude of folks like you.