Someone please explain to me the urgency. I want a good contract that restores the value of this career. I can't imagine a better environment for doing that.

If C2012 was so horrible to live under, why was it ratified? If you think it was a great deal then you are fine with your industry average auto rate adjustments and industry leading profit sharing. If you are unhappy with C2012 then perhaps we should learn from that and wait for an adequate improvement. Either way I see no reason for the pilots to rush. Let management tear the culture apart with their divisive actions, that's their choice. You have no say in how they run the business. From my perspective the current contract will serve us well enough until restoration. With added bonus of knowing its pitfalls and language.

No concessions is easy to do. All you have to do is nothing. With the upcoming movement in seniority there will plenty of green slips, assignments, and upgrades which will make it that much more "livable." To the senior wide body captains and those with only a short (by their own definition because it's very personal and subjective) time remaining I pledge my support of true retroactivity.