I'm not that smart but have educated myself on the law as it relates to our situation. I know what you are getting at regarding the TA. You imply that the ta only applies to our merger with a new TA being negotiated between usapa and apa making our current TA disappear and the Nic. along with it, isn't that right? Now that would be another east fantasy that circulates in the east cockpits. First, you need a legitimate union reason to undo the nic. if usapa tries the west will get an injunction in a nano second, delaying everything until the apa takes over. Think about this, why would management and APA agree to replace usapa at the very first opportunity within their term sheet? Could it be they want to remove an impediment to a smooth merger? We all know that management filed the DJ because they were planning on this amr merge, why did they take the west side?