This pilot group really is no different than any other IMO. Worked for three airlines and been represented by three independent union's and ALPA. The biggest difference in the pilot group is the destination. When I was at the regionals nobody cared about contracts because they were more concerned about getting time and moving on. Here, this is the destination for most of the group. And to be fair SWA wasn't a destination when I started in this business. It became a default because the rest of the industry was bankrupt. Unfortunately CBA's don't move as fast as the airline business. CBA changes normally are a reactive mechanism of the business it work's with. If your lucky sometimes you can ahead of mangement on some stuff but most of the time it's reactive. Aka, you get JA'd into another JA. Guarantee you that was not the intent of the language. Now we have to be reactive to it and put in protection's.

Thats a must.