Ad Posse. How exactly are you (individually, as you obviously don't belong to the AOA) going to pressure and convince the company to negotiate ANYTHING with you personally? It's all well and good to rant against the AOA, but at the end of the day, your 'voice' counts for even less than an AOA voice...simply because the company only deals with the AOA. You may not like it, but that is the only system we have. Be a member and try to move the AOA in a direction you want (by being a committee member), or stay where you are and guarantee you achieve nothing.