Again, as I read the section, the comparison review following an across the board raise for the non pilot workforce can only occur once every 18 months.

As for depending on raises for the other work groups as a strategy, how often have our other work groups received rasies (I honestly don't know). I do know that this most recent one was announced the same week in last September that the IAM annouced their card drive to once again try to organize the F/As....I don't think that was a coincidence. Since then, that drive has fallen apart embarrassingly amidst charges of fraud in the card signatures. My guess is that it will be a while before there are any organizing attempts here at Delta. Meanwhile, you say that it would be difficult for airlines not to give raises during times of record profit, but I can show you dozens of them at the moment who are dragging their feet with various workgroups.

Look, there are excellent reasons not to rush into any agreement, but I'm not sure this is one of them. At the very least, I would recommend that people actually read the contract and draw their own conclusions. Then I would recommend that we don't depend on the kindness of the company to offer raises to everyone else as a bargaining strategy.