Thank You SWFlyer, yes we are taking our time. We actually have a VERY GOOD Negotiating Team this time around and things are progressing at a positive speed. Most people do not realize that a F/A Contract is very complex. Unlike our brothers and sisters on the ground it has to cover things like, time away from base, overfly, reroute, FAA Restrictions on hours of service.[BR] We are asking for an Industry Leading Contract, because we deserve it. Not sure where we rank now in pay, but when we benchmarked 2 years ago we were # 8 among the top 10 airlines in pay. We were also listed at the most productive, not to mention ranked #1 for Customer Service. Herb was quoted a few years ago as to why the F/A group did not get Holiday Pay and his comment was something like, Well, they did not ask for it! Well, we are asking for it now, that and a few other things we did not ask for last time.[BR] Last week the Union presented a chart, showing the different contracts. Its kinda sad to see that a New Hire made more in 1982 than they do now. I myself keep reminding myself that this contract is not for 2 or 3 years, probably will be 5 or 6. In 6 years we could be making record profits again and if we did not ask for pay raises now, do you think the company will volunteer to give us raises when the profits increase?[BR] I do not think there is a big chance of anything happening anytime soon. WE are taking our time and just seeing how things play out.[BR][BR]