Ron,
I hope you helped dislodge the peanut with a firm slap.
Whilst applying the firm slap, I hope you pointed out the following (repeatedly);
1. ARAPA costs about $1bn per year. Over 10 years that will cost $10bn right? Well no, it won't because in 10 years there won't be many left on expat terms. I don't say that out of hysteria, but demographics. Where does that saving appear in either the Company's or AOA's BS.
2. The CMP will deliver savings/productivity gains.
3. Open the Bases FFS.
4. The TB is strangling the Company. Yep, it's strangling some of us too, but the GMA is responsible to the shareholders, it's no solace to the shareholders that it's hurting us too. CC also costs the company. They need both gone.
I guess with the CPS team in there chucking around concessions, he must be dissapointed he didn't get the mother of all good deals for his bosses,- TB/CC gone, pay cuts, all because he convinced the CPS bods he might somehow impose something worse.....