I know my opinion means nothing but:

"It sure is. And with our increasingly unified pilot group, it will also be great when we are again begging for pennies on the dollar on the retro pay in 2020. "

We would still be negotiating the present contract, not 2020.
Hiring to the sCAL side and furloughing to the sUAL.

Instead the blog is fighting over 787/747 bids. That is progress.