Originally Posted by
busdriver12
And you are directed to discuss how you would feel if we got it, then lost it. Though we really don't know how it would affect us if we ever got it, and we have no idea if we ever will. It's quite beleaguering to worry about losing what you never had. As if we didn't have enough to worry about

Perhaps he was getting at living under work rules that we've wanted(negotiated)and then losing them. Like, 8 in 24, HILO, 1st class D/H's, etc.
It's hard to read between the lines with him or her. But, it did make me think about how we've negotiated things in our CBA and now seem to be "rescinding" some.