The Professor's long post made a very salient point. We are negotiating on how to split up a pie that we don't get to cook. If we really want to see true gains we need to get our hands on the revenue stream. ACL brought this up with the JAL JV. If we give our support we should get a piece of the revenue, not the profit.
Prof is right, we are not like other employee groups. We are the only union, for now. We are also unique to the operation. No revenue can be generated without pilots. It's time we change the paradigm.