Originally Posted by
trustbutverify
I'd buy that logic if each contract existed in a vacuum with an automatic reset at expiration. While I disagree with your direct hiring into left seat prediction, let's say it does happen. Do you think that will happen forever? I'll bet my life the answer is "no". But we let more RJ scope relief into the contract, that is in for good, unless we bargain away something else to get rid of it. Why do that when we don't have to? I wrote all of that to agree with your last sentence...so we should not even entertain the idea of more large RJs.
I have made it crystal clear that I think their RJ 'need' is a throwaway item. But ya'll are getting... again... wrapped all up in something that is going away, and are willing to pay dearly (to use the term time value of concessions) to prevent something that will die on it's own accord. We did it before, and we'll do it again.
And nothing is forever in this business.