Hey Jerry that is a good post! There are a few things that we knew in 1998 at the negotiating committee level and the Strike Preparedness Committee level,that MAY or MAY NOT be the case now. We knew as early as May of 1997 that Gary Wilson was absolutely not going to come to any thing other than a "cost neutral" agreement with the pilots short of a strike. His ego was so large and he had such a knack for overplaying his hand that no other end result was really possible. Sleepy Ed????That remains to be seen...a total high road as carried forth under Captain Zoeller unquestionably worked. Alternatives like reinstating the withdrawal of enthusiasm are an unknown, that improperly carried out carry legal risks to the pilot group. However the alternatives may work...we don't know..