[outsider alert, outsider alert]

Why talk about voluntarily ending the defined benefit?

Why not improve the defined benefit AND defined contribution, so that people at every end of the age/career spectrum can benefit? Yeah doing so may not be as big a DB bump as some older people want, or provide as large a DC bump as some younger people want, but having something for everybody in Retirement might earn YES votes without further fracturing the group into perceived winners and losers.

Obviously FDX pilots are going to vote in their interest, and I completely support FDX pilots getting a new TA that you've 1. earned and 2. deserves a YES vote.

[end outsider alert]