You know, here is the sad reality of it.

National, my bargaining agent of the last 25 years, and Dalpa where I have been for way more than half of that time, have earned that "contempt" you speak of. Particularly over the past 3 years. While I appreciate their efforts while we were in BK and after when we worked through that merger, they have flat out phuqued the pooch since the O'Mally/NC debacle.

So, yes I'm going to look at the whole deal. However, there are approximately 6-7 automatic deal killers, that if they are embedded in this TA, will warrant me putting it down and passing on it. So, by definition, I am a NO unless I can reason a YES.

BTW, one of those deal killers is already rumored to be in the deal.

It would be reasonable to believe that many pilots feel this way, especially in light of record profits and and that the company decided to "make it rain" with $6 billion dollar stock buy back and dividend shower- for the investors.

What we are getting is the equivalent of whatever cash was left on the floor, after the blowout, that the janitor finds.