Because I spent five days boring holes in the concrete with my shoe leather in June's south Florida heat in order to secure a PAYCUT (based on the company's last offer prior to the strike). Brought to and approved by my MEC, by most of the current NC - you know, the same guys that threatened to quit if we voted NO. I don't want a NC that quits if they don't get their way, and I don't want an NC that uses leverage against their own membership.

Note to Gonyon: don't forget, the douchebag slightly underpaid senior people that you like to trash, went on strike to give up some of our raise to better pay the FO's and increase THEIR signing bonus. So, a 1-year FO got a 7K bonus while the most senior got 3K. It still wasn't enough, but we were faced with a quitting NC, and an NC that didn't put a contingency into the back to work agreement, so we were in "no man's land" (their words, not mine) if the TA failed.

Back to Chimpy: C2010 probably wouldn't have passed if not for the NC scare tactics.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to the NFL and see how the WN ramper's beach volleyball game comes out.