and people reading these forums probably think I'm being a grumpy old curmudgeon and feel like I'm exaggerating when I way "our contract is written on swiss cheese"

while the above paragraph is humor it is not far from the truth. apply that same truth to a LOT of areas of the contract.

some fan boi or management troll will be along shortly to dismiss us as "disgruntled has beens" or something

caveat emptor my friends

PS - for the record, I want it to be better here. I want it to be like what the company advertises on their website and like the recruiters make it out to be and like management says they want it to be. problem is - that's its all talk and little action. we give up a major QoL concession in exchange for new reserve rules that were contractually to be in place by early May and its now almost end of July and still *crickets*. I said it back when it happened that you cannot negotiate in good faith with someone that has none. I was *tisked tisked* as a whiner or complainer and that what I was saying just wasn't true... yet here we are... this company will weasel out of the contract any way possible then send out an email saying that they want to 'be the most respected airline' and the 'fly it and grieve it' committee (aka The Union) won't even actually file a grievance... again Caveat Emptor