I feel like its going to be a wait and see situation. Many of the changes are to make it expensive for the company to do curtain things... ex. Long duty, long sit, etc. The problem is we don't know whether that will cause them to make more efficient trips or to just throw money at us. The 5:15 min day, for example, will have an effect but by how much... who knows. It would be nice to know for sure how all this will shake out but with any contract, I think its pretty hard to know for sure how either side will use it.

I bet you already know the "Improvements" the negotiating committee was going for and their intent. Anything else is just a guess until its implimented.