What I'm seeing here is the company is framing the VB as being a work in progress, and it's the pilots who will need to do all the work! DALPA has a history of miscalculating pilot's desires, and of getting bamboozled in terms of contract language. I could see the next contract being a disaster if we take the VB concept into the next round of negotiations. I believe the concept could be used to gut our contract and work rules.

You are also going to significantly split the pilot group into the VB's and the hub pilots. That could be a wedge that the company will exploit in future negotiations. Just look at the comments on here...

Virtual Basing could work, it could be a great deal, if we had a more cohesive pilot group and a unified union that had a track record of making gains at the negotiating table. But we don't. The company will ask for a LOT to make it happen.