Originally Posted by sailingfun

The other issue is even if you seat a completely new MEC, chairman and negotiating committee will you get a changed result. The answer is likely no. If they are intelligent they will get briefed by experts on the RLA, NMB, labor law and view all the real contract costing data. The NMB chairman will most likely also address the new MEC on how their involvement would work and potential timelines. Given all that it's very likely that they will come to similar conclusions as the previous MEC. Reality sometimes sucks but it's still reality.
I think the company will be willing to come to the table and address some of the third rail issues where they overreached if we can get back in and do it quickly. If we want to start all over again then we are looking at a long drawn out process that history shows is impossible to win.