This....the original starter gets its. Whatever is coming our way, that's the disturbing part to me. Yes, we deserve/need a respectable contract and that of course is going to take a lot of work and attention of our union.
Not being discussed, possibly being missed are the issues going on with the BOD, DE Shaw, Raj, DRIVE/Network 2.0, Dietrich, etc with company and other events on the ALPA National Stage, Age 67/Crew Complement etc.
I've been in this industry coming up on 30 years, and fascinated by it's entire history . As mentioned, there is nothing going on here that hasn't happened at another airline and pilot group.
We are distracted, and from my experience and knowledge, both in life and the profession, the things that you don't see coming are more impactful than those things you see right infront of you.