"It is an argument that can not be won as in the eyes of both sides they feel they are right."
Because they are approaching this from greed & pride...there are no eyes involved in that fight - thus the sayings "blind greed" "foolish pride". I do believe they are attempting to solve it in the correct method given both groups limited abilities to reason soundly.
"It's not that we don't feel PHX f/a's don't deserve profit sharing but how would you feel if a contractual item was stripped from you and you got NOTHING in return for it? It wasn't right to do REGARDLESS of opinion as it was a contractual item. "
This item was stripped from you, but now returned...as you now work within a joined "new/old" entity - US Airways. BTW, Did this clause say that you as flight attendants receive profit sharing or did it say you receive profit sharing and it is not to be split with any future flight attendant groups should a merger occur? What kind of messed up person would vote for the latter?
Everything changes - EVERYTHING with the seeming exception of people wanting things to be the way they once were in some other time. I truly hope that many of you that hold onto that item/clause with your claws stop romanticizing what once was and remain focused on what is best for all of us now.
It is, I believe very childlike of some of you to believe that the candidate you select will go forward and fulfill all his/her promises or even poll the membership time and again in order to make a decision. Promises can be broken. Have not some of you stood on an alter and promised in sickness and health, etc. yet here you are in life a single mom or dad. Still others cannot keep promises to themselves to stop doing certain behaviors drinking, smoking etc.
So, to answer your question, how would I feel? I would be mad that I lost profit sharing, I would be glad to get it back and I would be irked slightly to be receiving less of it once it was returned, but I would be an adult and understand that things have changed and that I am now in a "new" company with more brothers and sisters. Besides, to go forth without sharing in such a way is evil.
Doing things solely on the basis of contracts at the expense of others makes you a real living breathing soulless robot or trained monkey that lives off of some weird reaction/gratification reward paradigm. This is real life and sometimes you do things because it is the right thing to do from an ethical standpoint regardless of what the book says. This means that you may not receive anything in return other than a thank you, but by doing these actions you will grow.