Slogging through this thread (I'm not senior enough to join the party via paycheck. Plus: lazy.)

"Show me a company with a 200 page contract, and I'll show you a company that's going to get screwed by someone who actually read all 200 pages" - C Munger.

"The law prohibits many things, but contracts are made to be broken by those clever enough to find the door left ajar." - J. Giradot

"A contract is just a starting point for future litigation." - proverbial.

"If a man signs a contract without reading it, he may find himself bound by clauses he never dreamed existed. The courts will not save him from his own carelessness--NOR SHOULD THEY" - Denning.

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Personal opinion? (no one cares): At the end of the day, we all have to work together. Senior pilots exploiting loopholes now won't suffer much when they're closed in the next contract/bankruptcy.

But the junior pilots sure will. "Brotherhood" is mostly marketing.

Not especially interested in working with a management team that actively hates pilots. That seems to be the vibe we're working towards though. All so we can protect the top 5% in category or so to exploit loopholes for profit and for "leverage."

TLDR: Long term contracts are for mutual advantage, not short term gain. This is a multiple decade career for most.

Interesting to watch from the sidelines.

Fact is, a constant adversarial relationship might be the best for pilots.