And the UPS TA was announced late on a weekend as well? As I understand it, the negotiating is done and now the lawyers are in checking all the verbiage. Anyone ever known a lawyer to work quickly? Is efficient one of the words that pops to mind when you think of our legal system?

Spin only works if you don't take the time to read and think about the source documents.

I, for one, am willing to believe that my negotiating committee and MEC want to dot all the t's and cross all the i's before distributing the TA. That the MEC and negotiating committee want to run through the entire process of contract negotiating that they tried to educate the crew force on over the past few years versus simply forwarding the company's comm to every pilot.

Who do you think leaked the pay rates to the WSJ? Who gains from that leak?

I will make a bold prediction. There are going to be parts of this TA that some of my fellow pilots will love, parts that are disappointing, and parts that some people are going to hate with a passion.

For those who are upset that the MEC isn't providing all of the info immediately, I'd suggest reading the FDX MEC policy manual, page 47 is where the TA procedures are ("real page" number is 51 according to acrobat reader).