Originally Posted by Old UCAL CA

The following is a quick summary of rudimentary notes I took regarding possibilities and forward strategy...

Pilot group polling, request the NMB re-engage the parties...did say the NMB views this TA as a fair, equitable agreement and would not be "happy" if ratification fails...NMB thinks in terms of "industry standard" regarding entire package, not individual issues..."leading" or "lagging" individual issues are irrelevant in the eyes of the NMB...minimum of 6 to 9 months just for re-engagement agreement without "icing"...sidebar discussion with JNC indicated NMB may "ice" to "let the pilots think about it for awhile"...if NMB "ices," probably 6 to 12 month timeframe...not a "snowball's chance in hell" of a release/cooling off/strike due to airline size (domestic market share)...release to a PEB a remote possibility only...resulting terms could be worse...while polling would show strong and weak issues, everything would technically be off the table if ratification fails...failed ratification "does not reset just the weak points"...NMB is sympathetic to UCH position that lower value AMR pilot agreement be included in any renegotiation (was not ratified at AIP point)...

There's a bunch more notes, but that's about all on possibilities and strategy that I can read from my scribbles.