Originally Posted by Andy

You try to come off as some Nostradomas with your 'prescient' views of the future, but in reality you're likely some kid who got hired at Alaska within the last couple of years, threw a hissy fit and left after the new contract was voted in, when you got hired at United early this year.

I'll go out on a limb and guess you're someone young and new to the airline world, yet dispense your 'wisdom' as if you know all of the ups and downs of the business. Chances are, you've only seen the good side of this industry. That's great, I'm happy for you. But at some point, dark days will return.

I'm just a dumb old guy, but I consider the current TA to have more QoL gains than any previous contract since I've been on property. And that includes C2K (my first contract here) ... that was almost exclusively a money contract with very few QoL gains. I'm not saying that current days are better than pre-9/11, but what has been given away due to BK and the decade of privation have been very difficult to regain. The fact that we're getting a bit of that back in this contract is huge in my book.