I think this is entirely possible/probable, but there may also be an aspect of irrelevance here too. Based on the last correspondence from the MEC, it seems like they are being kept in the dark on alot of the strategy until the hammer comes down. I think AMR realizes that they have almost all the leverage here, and by stringing us along in the dark, we are kept in line. I can almost picture the union guys begging for scraps of info while at the same time reassuring management of our willingness to give concessions. It's too bad management can't be forthrigth with it's workgroups and try to put together an amicable result to all this.