I listen to a lot of what you say and agree with it, but this just isn't helpful. It's up to all of us to educate the masses on what we do finally achieve and if it is worthy of a yes or no vote on its own merits, not on "I vote no on everything" or "the first TA is an automatic no".
We are in a transition from a very old, uneducated, and unplugged pilot group to a young, educated, and connected group. These SkyWest kids, who came from a carrier with no union, are bigger union advocates than most of the old guys I fly with. Instead of doing the "cool guy 16 percent club" or the eeyore schtick of "I guess we will vote in the crappy TA", let's work on maybe winning the war of hearts and minds.
No TA is perfect. There are just too many competing forces involved. This one needs to be pretty amazing and I think everyone realizes that.