No, the Muffin Man is still fired. He's still our Union president while things get settled in a dispute the Union filed for him. Meanwhile he has been spending his time in DC meeting with senators that oversee the appropriations for the NMB. Our pilot group has written letters to key senators and congressmen. Due to the sheer volume of letters some of these people took notice and actually invited Moffatt and our pilot group to meet in DC. Union has helped get several of our members on the hill and from what I hear they have managed to get support for a bipartisan agreement to help change language that requires the NMB to do its job. I have no clue what will come of it, but lo and behold all of a sudden the NMB and our mediator scheduled talks for Aug. 6-7 after we were put on ice several months ago. In the meantime I'll continue to write emails and if I have time go to DC.

As far as our group taking a page from AA pilots I couldn't agree more. There are many of us doing our jobs and only our jobs as safely as we can. We need everyone on board. I don't get why this pilot group is so divided.... Then again, there is a lack of leadership from a lot of the CA here who do everything to get out on time, including releasing the brake without following SOP in order to get on the clock to make a few extra minutes a leg.