The majority of the language in our contract was written by the previous unions lawyers, not ALPA's. Why not rewrite the contract with ALPA's lawyers when we got our last TA? I asked that very question to one of our reps at the time, who said that the issue was discussed but that they felt it was more important to get a completed TA out for review/ratification than to send it over to the lawyers for a tuneup. I pointed out that I thought that there was a lot of loose language and sections of the contract that only related to themselves to each by presumptive logic rather than clear language. He felt it wasn't a big deal and that it was something that could be cleared up on the next contract. Well we all know now that it was a big deal, all the more so since the MEC was cognizant of it previously. Much of what the NC and crew force is having to deal with is the result of not rewriting the contract properly. There is absolutely no reason to not have a rewrite this time. It's not foolproof(few things are in this world), but it's a lot better than the words we have now this side of a BK or a Force Manure issue(yet another thing that is typically covered in most ALPA contracts but not ours).