Article 1..really??...You think we gave back on scope? Hotels and catering is your second deficiency? I was looking for some real meat here in your complaints. Scope is tightened significantly with common carriage restrictions and we get back the TLV flying that has been gone for ages.

I agree the TA will pass, but I'm not so sure about the backing to do much better. All the EB asked was to wear a vest and a lanyard and probably 25-30% couldn't even figure that out. And open time pickup and JA pickup never stopped...

In the world of RLA, the NMB IS "all powerful"...they told us no release and I tend to believe BT and the negotiating team. After 5 years of dealing with psychopaths whose only concern is the stock price, I think the EB/NC did amazingly well. You look at what we didn't get...I look at the gains we made and the footholds for the next contract.

JMO