We can debate online about status quo and 3B4 and grievances and triggering events all day long but I think the only triggering event that really matters is going to occur if and when John Malone decides that the company is not bargaining in good faith.
The new MEC administration has rightfully been very low key so far. Now that negotiations have resumed we should know in relatively short order whether management is serious about reaching an agreement within an acceptable timeline or whether they plan to use the RLA and the NMB to stall and put us "on ice".
If they do that then I expect this MEC and MEC Chairman to put a 500 pound bomb under the notion of constructive engagement and destroy for all time the Moakist labor relations philosophy of "cooperation not confrontation".

I think there are about 13,000 guys who would be prepared to march on Virginia Avenue and drop our backpacks right in front of Richard's office.
We've been carrying this airline for 10 years by sacrificing financially and going "above and beyond" out on the line operationally. I think Richard and Ed might be in for a rude awakening if they openly disrespect this pilot group when the corporation is rolling in cash and everybody is getting rich but us.