Whackmaster,
I agree that Casey's update had the most positive tone we have seen in years. To recap where we were as of late Jul - San Antonio negotiations. Info from the JJ video. Company proposal from a month ago:
Pay: 12.55% snap-up followed by 3% per year thereafter. I assume 1Oct each year, so only 3 years of 3% raises in '17,18,19 with the contract expiring Oct '20. Correct me on the # of years please if I have it wrong.
Reserve: pay per day guarantee at 6.0 per day
Retirement: 10% 401K, 5% B-fund, BUT...subtract 5% from Profit Sharing. So, in a nutshell they basically just guaranteed us the equivalent of 5% PS.
Retro: 355 Million $ which SWAPA says was only 71% of true retro.

So, if last week during the negotiations in CA. the company made moves in our direction I would hope that means somewhere around the following -- obviously just guesses on my part.

Pay: 15% snap up and then 3% per year for the duration
Reserve: pay per day guarantee and meet in the middle at 6.25 TFP per day
Retirement: Get rid of the punitive 5% reduction in PS in order to get the 5% B-fund. Remove ALL caps on retirement dollars.
Retro: 100% Retro pay is a must. Show stopper without 100% retro.

If those are the kinds of moves in our direction the company is making then we can probably have a TA to vote on by 1 Dec. Another meeting in September and the company can move even more towards the platform in order to get the deal done.

I can wait, can Gary? Tick tock, MAX, tick tock, AMADEUS, tick tock, near and far international codeshare agreements, tick tock........