We get better contracts by overwhelmingly rejecting lowball offers and telling management that the cost of labor is going up. United has announced a $100 million expansion of the training center, we have 500 aircraft scheduled for delivery, and Kirby needs us onboard for his United Next plan. He desperately needs to attract and retain experienced instructors and LCA’s to train pilots to make this expansion possible. The current book won’t do that. The way to a good contract is to refuse to fund this expansion on the backs of cheap labor and demand significant improvements. We need raises that keep up with inflation (at a minimum), better sick leave accrual, vacation pay, reserve rule improvements, retirement, more pay for people in the training department………….. What we don’t need is a suitcase. I guess we’ll know in a week. If we let this TA pass, then we deserve what is in it.