You're exactly right KSF...I'm struggling with the same problem. I see many of the familiar faces disparaging the TA but I am still hoping they'll actually provide detailed examples on specific portions of the TA so we can understand where these concessions are. I want to be better educated on the decision too but its hard when the only argument presented is the generalized statement that the TA is concessionary.

I'll use Virtual Basing as an example. I read a post on here today with lots of railing about how Virtual Basing is terrible and is a huge concession that will help the company and hurt the pilots. Pilots can volunteer to go to those VB or not, as they choose. For a commuter in a city packed with other commuters like Dallas, having a PS ticket to and from work seems like a nice deal. For a commuter having to pay for a crash pad to sit reserve, a paid hotel room seems like a nice deal. But that's only my perspective, so I'm hoping to get some specifics on where the concessions are with doing virtual bases, as with everything else.

There are plenty of smart people on here who know a great deal about the implications of the language in the TA...I'm just hoping they'll chime in and help educate the rest of us so we can cut through the unsubstantiated posts that seems to clutter this forum.