I need to examine my life choices. First I work at FDX. Secondly I just read 10 pages of this thread and was absolutely certain that at some point it would transition to useful information (or at least conversation).

I did get the impression though that time has softened many people's memories of just how insulting TA 1.0 was in the environment that existed at that time (every other airline negotiation resulting in historic gains and FDX making historic profits)