Based on what I've seen posted on this thread so far, it appears as though the LOA would result in a industry leading distance learning agreement. Wouldn't it be beneficial to vote this in now instead of having to negotiate distance learning in our next contract?

I understand we have a long ways to go to get on par with the legacies but we won't be able (and we shouldn't try) to make up the other deficiencies in our contract with a distance learning agreement. If this is in fact an industry leading distance learning LOA, it would make sense to implement it now so that we can focus on the really important stuff (pay rates, retirement, trip rigs, LTD, etc) come contract negotiations. Why waste negotiating capital on this later when we could get it taken care of and in the rear view mirror now?

Am I missing something here?