I think you both will be right.

I doubt there was anything close to any kind of a universal mandate for anything concessionary, anywhere in the contract, arising from the will of the pilot group. I think we very clearly did not lobby for or ask for concessions, regardless of the perceived value of their "bargaining credit".

However the survey was more than broad enough, with tons of Sophie's Choices sprinkled throughout, that the case can and will be made, after the fact of course, that we supposedly said we'd trade X for Y if it came down to it.

There was even a shockingly disturbing line of thinking in the recent C44 "Roar". It was so disgusting I'm not even going to repeat the sheer filth of its reasoning. Its one I still think (hope) won't (likely) manifest in C2015, but the virus is out there hoping to find a willing host for the next round and its up to us to resist it with extreme predjudice.

I think its likely there will be some form of CDO's in any TA we see, but that isn't a definate, and its not necessarilly "concessionary" although it very well could be. There are other things far more likely though.

Like: reduced profit sharing, JV "forgiveness" or "monetization", longer freezes or a redefining of when an existing freeze length starts, block time at wheel spin up (even if coupled with door pay would be incredibly concessionary) and other odds and ends little work rule give aways and possibly even scope relief.

When we see TA concessions, and its highly likely we will, we will be told it was our will, and technically one will be able to point to the somewhat convoluted survey and say it was indirectly asked for, even though it never directly was.