Yes that could happen, but not unless you are completely without a strategy. APA had no strategy except demanding restoration adjusted for inflation even though there was no other comparable in the industry for the NMB to consider. That strategy didn't work. We now have a leverage tool available to us - the SWAPA contract in its entirety. DALPA refuses to use it and worse, they are purposefully mischaracterizing what's in the SWAPA contract. Couple this with DALPA's usual suspects here constantly warning us about the NMB, and you have the recipe that is DALPA's philosophy. Aim low, then blame the NMB as to why we couldn't achieve what SWAPA already has.

Carl