Originally Posted by 4V14T0R

I've read most of your stuff months ago. You know this stuff like no one I've ever come across. I'm not disputing any of it. My only point was that since we didn't do what you described and given everything that's happened since January 2024, I don't think we'd find ourselves better than what we currently signed (warts and all). Had we voted that TA down I think TA2 would just have been a rearrangement of the money. If our margins were different. If the economy was obviously going gang busters. If we had guys leaving in droves (think ten times what we actually had). I just don't think we had the leverage to push further, given the surrounding environment.

It all needed to start earlier by filing sooner, and I hope the NC has learned that lesson. That one issue aside, I'm not sure what more could have been done. I think the messaging was pushed to the brink of wildcat actions and guys were ready to walk, I know I was. Don't give up hope, and I hope you're around for the next go to continue educating, because I know you helped many of us understand this stuff better. Personally, I wish SWAPA would bring you in to help build a model for the next cycle.