Heck, I think you'd be better off with that crew coordinator "filling the void"........anybody but those clowns. What you guys need to do IMO, is boot the ORD reps and then clean the majority of the MEC and NC via recall and start from scratch. It sounds like other reps are ready to step in and redirect he future. It would throw a MAJOR wrench in your managements plans to grease a negotiated TA that appears is going to be rubber-stamped by your MEC leaders as they are nothing more then lap dogs for your management.

It would SLOW DOWN the whole process and force new negotiations. Most likely, the company would have to either negotiate a more palatable TA that would have to pass membership ratification or force an 1113 term sheet upon you which would effectively wipe-out any chance of a divestiture and hamstring them from getting any financing for new jets. I think it a certainty, that should you vote down any TA from the current reps, they go around you via MEC ratification "for the interest of the majority", etc.

It's your only chance.....................otherwise, you're toast.