You either don't understand the big picture, can't understand it, don't want to understand it, or have an ulterior motive.

Significant improvements don't happen without significant pilot support, and that doesn't happen without changing pilots perspectives/attitudes/expectations. There is a reason it took 3 union drives to finally get a union. There is a reason it took 3-4 years to complete our contract, with the first 2-3 years guys doing everything they could to help the company. You weren't here (although you still love to interject your opinion) for all the years to watch this group FINALLY start to transition from "just happy to be here, I'll take whatever you're willing to pay me, please sir" to a group that kind of slightly resembles that of a professional pilot union, kind of.

Tamping down public discontent by saying "don't complain, just make it better at the next negotiations" is entirely moronical, if making it better at the next negotiations is REALLY your intention.

Dudes (all, or at least most) need to fully understand and acknowledge the specific shortcomings of the CBA if those shortcomings are ever to be addressed, and the company must actually *FEEL* that discontent (in some tangible way) if they are ever going to write the check it will take to fix the things that torque us off.

Don't be moronical.