ALPA kind of lied to us on this one. They say we could not bind a holding company ... then they provide a carve out for a group of subsidiaries which they deem to be "affiliates."

Affiliates is not nearly half the story. These airlines have been found to be a single transportation system for representational purposes (yet Compass, ASA, Mesaba or Comair were not !?!).

Today, Frontier neither breaks my leg or picks my pocket. But, the preferential treatment for a Teamsters unit in direct competition with us shows our lack of strategic orientation.