I'm afraid, yes, "just shut up and color..."

IMHO, PBS was not only a distraction and delay pawn but also a symbolic pawn that the company KNEW the pilot group would NEVER ratify. PBS was our red herring -- improving/modifying/enhancing our A Plan was manglement's red herring. Each party had their red lines in the sand and neither party was going to budge. As a matter of fact, recall that early on and even later in negotiations the company wanted to, in effect, freeze our A plan and offered up an "industry leading" B Plan contribution. HA! I contend that in this round of negotiations the company wanted the A Plan BAD because of the overbearing cost to them. Much of this was discussed in the first conference call yesterday, and it doesn't take too much reasoning and mental prowess for one to put the pieces together and get an overall framework and picture of what the company negotiators wanted from us -- it was the A Plan, pure and simple. All else was noise.

This is a collective bargaining agreement between two parties. A two-party negotiation governed by the rules of the RLA. And, IMHO, in 2015 the RLA works completely in the company's favor. Sharpen your crayons kiddo's!