For the record, and it is relevant to this thread: as a LCAl pilot(777) our current contract did not improve my QOL one iota. The new reserve system sucks for widebody guys compared to before. The new trip trade system(while good in theory) rarely allows a trade and almost never allows a trade other than day for a day. In my previous cal contract if the trip ran a day late, you got your day restored with 150%... now you lose the day off. The pay scales are nice. Deltas new pay scales look very good. But, i see alot more pilots clawing there way to 89+ hrs than ever before. I agree with someone who said it earlier in the thread that the company cant find a way to manipulate the payscales...but i didnt sign on to be an airline pilot so i could work myself to death....