Originally Posted by DarkSideMoon

Having been privy to some of this type of stuff in the past, things may have been promised verbally before the contract was signed and then walked back later. Not every aspect of the deal is what is actually in the text of a TA.

Unprofessional tactics? This union/company relations in aviation are a barroom brawl, not a fencing tournament. And management has a very large friend in the corner in the form of the RLA. Hit when you can as hard as you can.