erosion of benefits is going to happen a little bit at a time.

They are hoping that many people say "it's not so bad" for each change.

It would be delusional to think this is anywhere near the final set of changes. Changes will keep happening until there's a merged program and then there will be even more changes, just a little bit at a time. (fastair, I'll leave it to you to see if I am correct about this over the next 2 years. We can have a small charity wager if you want.)

E+? A tough decision for them? Right ... The only tough decision at this point is how to tell us, IMHO. Otherwise, what's so difficult about it? CO always said they couldn't make it work. What's changed now? Not a damn thing, except they have to figure out how to reconfigure a bunch of aircraft. Honestly, I hope I'm wrong about E+.

-David