Not to mention that the DAL pilot hired using only UAL merger assessment fees not dues money went to the CAL MEC and told them he had been asked to assist the UAL MEC. He told them he would only except the contract with their blessing which they willing gave. His ability to model various SLi scenarios via software he wrote is outstanding. In fact in the Dal/NWA merger the NW MEC was allowed to use the software because they did not have that capability internally and it speed up the process.