Yes, but that's like saying you want clean air and water. Who doesn't want clear air and water? Who doesn't want a better contract?

Forget the blame game, let's just be logical. The NC and MEC are currently led by and directed by the same people who gave us C2010 and took us to strike to get it. C2010 gained almost nothing. Everything you think of as good in C2010 was already there in 2002 and earlier.

Let's suppose that all of your opposition goes away and the incumbent team stays in power in both the MEC and the NC. What makes you think that they will do anything different that what they did in 2003 and 2010?

You see my friend, a whole bunch of us want a great contract EVEN MORE THAN YOU. You wanna know why we get into these conflicts?, it's because you imply that if we'd just "all get along", you will get Delta plus 1.

We want you to know that past performance IS a predictor of future performance.

We've lived the disappointment of two contracts in a row where our expectations (promised by both Spirit and Spirit ALPA) were dashed by the outcome of the negotiations. We've lived through a strike that gained almost nothing, if it even did that. We've lived through being told that we'd be in "no mans land" if we voted the TA down, and then found out years later that the reason was that our MEC and NC signed a 6 page long "back to work" agreement that effectively ratified the contract and left us no realistic choice.

So please, stop assuming that you're going to get a great contract if we all just "stop the blame game". The "blame game" isn't what's stopping you from getting a great contract.

We're trying to be the watchmen on the wall and sound the alarm.