Very valid point. The NC thought they were doing new hires a favor when most likely, there were better options for a young guy. I agree looking at other options might have allowed gains we'll never know now.

Unfortunately, from what I understand, we negotiated the 10% and yearly raises to follow BEFORE we got the "line in the sand" drawn on the A-plan. Our NC accepting the raise schedule was predicated on them also getting us A-plan improvements. Since section 4 was TAed, we never went back and re-attacked the raise plan after realizing the A-plan was not budging. Money - BIG MONEY - left on the table.