1. As opposed to getting farther away from negotiations?
2. On-going. If your MEC is doing it right, they compile and inform on a regular basis.
Contract comparisons are a moving target. If you'd have put one out 2-months ago, you'd have given your pilots bad dope on NWA's contract, since it's been modified recently. I suspect DAL's will be modified soon, as well.
As our MEC approaches "fish-or-cut-bait" time on our Targeted DC Plan, we'll have a contract comparison on that topic for all NWA pilots to use.