First off i am an employee of american airlines. A QC inspector at lax, i've also worked base maintenance in tulsa for 15 years and my name is Mike. I've been with AA for 23 years, not hiding anything.
I'm also not clutching, grasping, or pathetic. Just like everyone else on here I have an opinion, mine is I believe this offer is a fair one, do I get everything I want probably not, but the realistic side of me believes that its better to get this contract now, not 5 years from now.
You have no idea what the membership truly believes, nobody does, we will find that out when we have a vote on a new contract. Other than that you are just speculating.