I dont entirely disagree with it, the truth is actually somewhere in the middle. The difficult part is extracting true reality from various revised soundbytes.

We all know AT was in ALPA. I guess that doesn't matter if there is a failure on some front like SLI because there is plausible deniability versus taking responsibility. How many years do you have to be an alpa carrier before alpa takes responsibility for your collective bargaining failures?

I agree with newk's assesment of how the vote will go. After all, it is (only) a minority getting screwed (hard).

Honestly, my comments here are not at all intended to be pro-dpa, I havent brought them up once. My comments are to put a little sunlight on the festering petri dish alpa. My opinion is that the AT MEC is going to (non-unanimously) put the SLI proposal forward for a vote and it will pass. I have been party to many negotiations and I know how the sausage is made. It will be in stone soon enough.