After a couple of IROP's if the pilot group would stop picking stuff up we would get a contract in no time. As a pilot group we are our own worse enemy. I know the union can't come out and say stop picking up trips but people need to read between the lines. When the union tells us the company offered a substandard offer we need to do our part to make their job a little easier. A little hardship now will pay off in 6 months if we stopped picking up open time during IROP's.