Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

Thanks for the clarification.

You are making a lot of assumptions that may or may not turn out to be true. I'd rather make my objective and my resolve to achieve my objective clear from the start. Your "pattern bargaining" strategy is like a ship without power and a rudder... just floating along and depending on the currents to take you in the general direction of where you want to go.

Hindsight is always 20/20. I'm just not willing to put the future of my career in someone else's hands based on a crystal ball prediction.