I think the way the company has taken advantage of FAR 117 is concrete evidence of how "we never thought they would do that" is applicable. How about the way CS gives out trips to reserve pilots that leak into their following line-holder month at single pay. I bet you never thought they'd do that, yet in this contract we had to give up negotiating capital to get rid of that complete and utter BS.

I am trying to understand what your trying to say here but it makes no sense. This item has been a contractual step in trip coverage for at least 30 years. They use it when contractually it is required. How can you use that as a example of we thought they would never do that. The trip coverage ladder requires it per our contract. They have been doing it forever and it's mandated by the contract. Who would say we thought they would never do that??