Actually, the AA FA DID actually have a decent TA with regard to pay (and it didn't have to do with rostering). But some other last minute changes (which may actually have been gains) were viewed suspiciously and it voted down.
In any case, the premise of the thread is wholly wrong--at this point it should have been
BITTERLY UNITED
Although not all of us are bitter and if anything are much MORE resolute than ever before.