Wimps like 1seat1engine put the company in the driver seat. If you're always willing to take the scraps that the master tosses out the door, that's all you'll get.

SWA wants changes to our scope--badly. I'm guessing the value to the company is more than twice the cost in improvements that SWAPA desires in other parts of the contract. Alas, the company figures that they don't have to give anything, and SWAPA will still give them what they want.

I realize that the Lukewaffe (PHX base) is likely to supply SWA plenty of yes votes. My hope is that the rest of SWAPA realizes the options are to give the company everything for nothing--or vote note and stick to the goals of Retro (not a signing bonus for 55% of what retro should be), Reserve Improvements, Retirement Improvements, and Compensation (COLA should be the minimum).