There's a path and a process in place.

A very basic argument:

Let's say the proposed TA is released to the pilots before the MEC gets a chance to look it over and vote it up or down.

For argument's sake, let's say too many of the pilots see the higher pay rates and get bedazzled by visions of a shiny new Harley in their garage and a new bass boat out by the dock. And the forums fill up with posts about "Oh, gee, this is gonna be great!"

Or that a bunch of pilots exhale a cyber sigh, and write in their posts that they are grateful that the sick leave policy isn't as bad as they thought it might be. [/I]"I can live with that!"[/I]

While the pilots are drooling en mass, what if the MEC happens to find a few substandard areas of the TA and they recommend the negotiators re-engage to try to tweak them. Management, seeing the drooling on the forums after the pilot group has already seen the FULL LANGUAGE? They know they have to do absolutely nothing.

Right now, I can change my presumptive "yes" to a "no". Or my "no" "maybe" and then to a "hell no". I can flip flop to my heart's content, and no on can fault me, because I haven't seen the full language. There is a process and a path in place. Negotiators. MEC. Pilots. If you want to change the process, the time do so would have been well before negotiations even commenced.

If you want change, I'd highly recommend you introduce a resolution at your next council meeting. You'll get more traction there than on an internet forum.