I agree with part of what you’re saying. I like the cargo side of the industry. And if I’m going to fly cargo, this is still the place to be — which is exactly why this situation matters.But calling what the company has been doing “shenanigans” is minimizing it to the point of distortion. Shenanigans implies harmless mischief. What we’ve seen since 2976 is a deliberate, strategic delay that saves the company millions while costing the pilot group millions. That’s not a word choice issue — that’s an accountability issue.

Same with calling this whole thing an “annoyance.” For some of us, this isn’t an annoyance. It’s lost compensation, lost leverage, and lost time we never get back. Every single day past amendable has a price tag attached to it, and that price is being paid by the pilot group, not the company.

We’re roughly 100 days past amendable now. That’s not noise. That’s not impatience. That’s real money.I also hope the NC gets us an industry-leading contract. I truly do. But history says “industry-leading” is usually fleeting. By the time this gets ratified, the legacies will already be lining up for their next round, and we’ll once again be locked into a long Section 6 stretch playing catch-up a decades after this contract.

That doesn’t mean the NC isn’t working hard. It means time matters — and delay is not neutral. Delay has a winner and a loser.

So yes, I’m frustrated. Not because I lack faith in the process — but because minimizing what’s happening as mere “shenanigans” or an “annoyance” glosses over the very real cost being borne by the pilot group every single day we wait.