That’s not true at all. After speaking with both my CA rep and my FO rep it turns out this is literally what the negotiators do during contract time. By the time they all come to the table they know what topics are being asked for based on what was sent to the MEC from the pilot surveys. From there the company argues that contract improvement 1 is worth X while our negotiators argue the value is Y. When they agree on a value the discrepancy disappears and language gets codified into a new contract.