The question is, "will you help me?" I am every bit as convinced that DALPA is the wrong agent to have across from the company, as you are convinced they are the correct agent.

I'm sure DALPA would love to "hold this...in abeyance" indefinitely. But this issue cannot be kicked down the road. Do you expect DALPA to deliver an acceptable TA? I maintain that even the most hard-core DALPA supporters (at least the ones not collecting FPL) are, on varying levels, doubtful that DALPA has the stones to get us what we demand--or at least something we're happy with.

We'd better make sure we're ready to act when (not if) they don't deliver.