Well I'm certainly simple. And I don't know what that other word means. :-)

Attitude and discussion here and elsewhere are a reflection of the thankfully failed TA. I think the root cause of the failure was from the NC/MEC putting 90% of the value into the a-plan bump. I've seen that estimate be as low as 45% of the TAs value, but given that (to me) there was almost nothing else in the TA that was industry-leading or an improvement over 2015, it was WAY too high of a percentage. And the discussion since then seems to break down into two camps. One that wants desperately to hold onto the a-plan gains at all costs in TA1.1. And another who wants to EITHER leverage more $$$ from the company OR wants to dial back the a-plan GAINS so the rest of the TA isn't a farce. I haven't seen the discussion that wants to take away your a-plan yet.