From what I have been told by people on the MEC, Wendy forbid our LEC committee from being in Washington at the DOJ, ala Delta. Obviously I cannot personally confirm this, but I do know she was asked whether it was true and didn't deny it. If you remember, the negotiations were going GANGBUSTERS RIGHT up until the day the DOJ approved the merger. The next day, the music didn't stop, it started playing backwards. IMHO, we had WAYYYYYY more leverage prior to DOJ approval than we did when Pierce signed off on the B767 Grievance. As to where Pierce was during the DOJ process.... dunno. Good question.

Seems to me like there is PLENTY of blame to go around with leadership on both sides of the union house. My response was to the suggestion that Wendy had us on some sort of perfect path that was derailed by Jay Pierce... which I find ridiculous.