At the risk of opening a can of worms, he/she/they are right.

The only WN folks that got anything tangible out of the SLI are the folks (like those in the title of this thread) who took the upgrades from the AT folks, and the ones that lived in ATL.

Funny how that SLI carve out conveniently made sure that several of those doing the "negotiating" got to upgrade out of the deal.

Personally, I got absolutely nothing out of the deal except a few AT folks inserted ahead of me on the list. No raise, no bonus, no new bases (except ATL) etc... Nada.

The biggest upside was/is getting to fly with some awesome folks. And I sincerely mean that.