I think APA being able to oust a USAPA would be the best possible scenario for the AMWest pilots. The APA would win a representational election, and seeing that the Nic Award is the list, regardless of a single contract, the next list integration would use the Nic and the AA list to craft the new deal. USAPA and the tactics they used would be gone for good, and they could all move on from the mess.
Oh, and if the USAPA Merger Comm. tried to hose the West pilots in the new list with positions that were below those of the East pilots that they were above in the Nic Award, and the new contract and list were being actively completed, it might just make the case "ripe" for the DFR to finally settle the case once and for all.