Don't think this is going to happen. We are too far away on scope and several other key issues, such as length of contract, actual credit for our A fund going away, not talking about an equity stake in the company in lieu of the hard money. If this gets to the BOD, I don't see it getting sent to the membership for ratification. The BOD is well aware of what it will take to get a deal passed, they have communicated this to AMR, but they don't seem to understand. The line pilots know that this is up to them. This is going to be a long drawn out situation. The UCC needs to understand that if they want 50 cents on the dollar then we need to have a decent deal, one that recognizes what we have given up in the past, ie 2003, and what we bring to the table. If the UCC fails to realize what we bring to the table, then they will be hard pressed to get 20 cents on the dollar.

The junior pilots are done with all the crap that has gone here since 9/11. Our careers have gone nowhere, our pensions are being stolen, never having a pay raise, while working for 1992 payrates while our buying power has diminished by 30%. We will burn this place down! The UCC and AMR need to realize this, but I don't think that they do. Our BOD is trying to keep a lid on this, but I don't think that they will be able to do that. There is a lit powder keg out on the line that is getting ready to go off. Horton was in our training cafeteria the other day giving a speech, and he was told that if the changes that are scheduled to be implemented in November go into effect, that there will would be hell to pay. If he thought September was bad, wait till November. He may have heard a bit of it, because instead of us getting no retirement contribution starting we will instead get 11% into a our supersaver program.

This will be interesting.