Tony..
We will have to agree to disagree.
I disagree that the 12,000 pilots of APA are irrelavent simply because they don't belong to ALPA. I'm sure their Chairman for Legislative Affairs(a member of the Blue ribbon panel) would disagree as well. He was shocked how quickly ALPA knuckled under to the PAAD and SWA influence during their deliberations.
Besides that, I really need to focus on something I may have some control over....my ability to hit my new utility club.