I think this is a prime example of why the NSNB order was removed from the negotiations. It would be viewed by many as a carrot, and the fear would be that SJS would woo many pilots to vote "yes" on an agreement that otherwise would be voted down because it didn't stand on its own merit.

I strongly disagree that correcting LOA 25 in this agreement is using our previously furloughed brothers and sisters as pawns. If we were to assume that were true, the only way to NOT use them as pawns would be to keep an LOA 25 out of the discussion? This appears to me to be a "no good deed goes unpunished" situation. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.