Originally Posted by ATCsaidDoWhat

Quite true. In Dubinsky you have a former pilot and MEC Chairman who is also a professionally trained and experienced negotiator who is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. And 1224's General Counsel Ed Gleason is outstanding. Just doesn't get any better.

Having them and the support team from the AD outside consultants; including the one who worked with the Atlas Merger Committee who does outstanding economic analysis...very solid team.

All that said, unless the pilot group is willing to uphold the CBA right now, up to the opener and during the negotiations...they will have a heck of a hard time when the company pulls out reams of documents and says, "yes, you say the pilots want X...but here's the proof that they will do it for Y."