Yep. We tried voting ours down to stop our SLI but too many United pilots voted for it just to get the SLI so they could bid onto our side since we were growing so quickly. Strangely enough the vote went almost along legacy pilot ratios. I don't know any Ex-Con's that voted for it.

We did make sure that most of the pay gains benefitted us by getting favorable pay banding for our legacy crews, like our 767's being pay banded to UAL's 747s while their 767s were the same pay as our 757s, and their 757s the same pay as our 737s. A small victory nonetheless, even though now everyone can bid anywhere they want.

Since AS is the bigger airline, you should be able to stall a new contract out as long as possible.