Carl,

OK, you know I was on the side of the APA and their hard line stance. Man I cheered for them. But, where did that hard line get them? Parked for years to ultimately have their PWA mostly tossed by Judge Lane. Damn I wished we were right and ALPA's attorneys were wrong ... but that is not how it turned out.

So looking back at the TWA case with 20/20 hindsight we can see that ALPA's advice to the TWA pilots was correct. That being said I do not know whether there might be a way to set aside the Jury's decision in light of the fact that the advice ALPA gave was straight up correct.

ALPA, especially these days, it pragmatic. That pragmatism takes advantage of opportunities and avoids difficulty. Whether you like C2012, or not, having three shots at improvement in an improving business environment would not have happened were it not for getting our two deals as a merged airline done quickly and efficiently. That incremental improvement puts into a very good position for Contract 2015.

Sure, it is a different way of going. But, if we followed APA or USAPA's path we would not even have our JPWA finished. Instead we've already had that, plus another improvement, with another that we will be preparing for about 8 months from now.