For those of you that think that a change in the front office is some how going to get us a contract, you are fooling yourselves. The company could give a rats ass on who is sitting in the front office because they look right through them to us. As some guys here already pointed out, if we want a contract, the pilots will have to be the ones that get it, period! ( if you don't know what I mean by that, then you're beyond help)
If you have been here long enough, you know that we have tried both methods of negotiating and we got the same results. I also have come to the conclusion that not doing the 2 year extension would have been a mistake. The reason I say that is that in my opinion, we still wouldn't have a contract and we would be down 6% in pay. Although going forward, I would not be in favor of an extension again, because it's obvious to us all now that the company is not interested in a business relationship with us. YMMV