Good points all. But I want to reiterate that I wasn't trying to make that case. I was only trying to show how that case could be made. Such is always the case with vaguely ambiguous general statements from politicians, vetted by lawyers.

I tend more to belive that he believes that we are in a new permanent "bankruptcy reset" era where COLA raises offset with concessions for anything more is a home run.

Whatever he believes though, its far more up to us than it is up to him as to the direction we choose to pursue. He may think he's the "grand architect" and calls the shots, but with DAL and UAL especially, he's driving his truck on thin ice. If either goes, the whole thing goes. In any case, he's *supposedly* not running again. Then again, he wasn't runnig last time either.

For all those concerned about him and his direction, how many are providing regular feedback to your reps? And not just generic "LM sucks!" but real, specific feedback on why you don't like the current direction we're headed in and what you'd like to specifically see, and make them tell you if they agree or disagree and why?

There won't ever be a changing of the guard with a dozen people showing up to meetings and reps who only get called when someone thinks their pay might be off by a few minutes. Cutting a check and having a team of pit bulls take care of everything for us so we can forget about it and await the signing ceremony on a record smashing deal is for athletes and upper level executives that spend a heck of a lot more than 1.9% for their representation. We have to get involved, stay involved and spread the word. Otherwise, we probably will be lucky for COLA "raises" offset with concessions.