Originally Posted by flightlessbirds

I completely understand and respect where you’re coming from on this. I think my difference is more to do with long term strategy—by denying them a new contract I think it could help our leverage on the next round (with the right negotiating committee), while you’re voicing the opposite idea. My thinking is long term leverage is worth more than the 2+1%. But I completely understand and respect your thinking that by moving the goalposts up by 2+1% now gains us more leverage for the next go around.