FLAK, you were at Mesaba right? I seem to have seen S340 FO on your profile but its gone now...

If so, your company was in BK (sham or not) and the contract that was negotiated was a helluva lot better than it would have been otherwise. If you think objectively, you know that's the truth. What do you think "should have been" better in your BK-concessionary contract?

Your anger at unfulfilled expectations should be squarely at Mesaba and NWA management...not ALPA. Given the situation, they did the best they could.