Thanks for weighing in, your opinion is valued because of your background and history.

Break.

A certain Valentine's Day Chairman's Message was shameful. I have never seen an internal sales job like this from a company or union.

Break.

The basic NEA is moving forward with or without LOA 13. Some JB pilots are very excited about growth from the NEA, and are willing to give up important protections, for nearly nothing in return. JB is the "low cost provider" today, but AA will likely Chapter 11 restructure in the next few years and they will shed debt, gut contracts and emerge as lean and mean and want their toys in the NE back. The NEA is a two way street... Traffic may be heading in JB's direction today but there are roundabouts and potential direction changes potentially on the horizon.

Since the bulk of the NEA will move forward anyway, I see no reason to further gut JB pilot's Focus City protections, ESPECIALLY for such little financial reward.

Break.

As for section 6 being near, it may start in a year, but it won't conclude for 4-5 years and the more things you add to the "must have" list, especially things Blue doesn't want to give, the longer they will delay, or make "non-starter" like they did the last time with profit sharing. And you can't give away this scope, for nothing, and then expect to get it back in the next Section 6. IF they would ever agree to that, they would make you pay for it with something else from the contract. So it makes no sense to GIVE it away now only to pay to get it back. That's the worst strategery I've ever heard. Same with delaying the demand for profit sharing. The company wants to delay profit sharing talks until Section 6, because they want YOU to pay for your own profit sharing by negotiating away something else in the contract, as well as push it out 4-5 years.

They are playing chess and expecting you to play checkers, don't fall for the trick.