And this isn't +1 Bendo, nor 0 ALPA.
This is management doing what management does. Their job is try to get us to work for regional rates. Our job, vis a vis our union, is to ask for Delta +100%.

They are both equally ridiculous, and they are both equally likely to never be written into a contract.

So all that really just happened is that management gave us their ridiculous openers. And now hopefully our NC will give ours. Without some obscure "path to parity" nonsense.

At any rate, let's not attack our union negotiators. These guys are doing their best and we should give them the benefit of the doubt. This week is a good first step.
And on the off chance they bring something to us that is so egregious that it fails miserably with the membership. Well fine. We'll do just as Delta and Southwest did with theirs and sack the whole lot.
This is a marathon gentlemen. Make sure you're wearing the right shoes.