I am happy to see a lot of main people head to Chicago to negotiate.

I just wish they would change the obvious direction of it all.

Sloooowly agree to all except dues checkoff. Then act like the only thing standing in the way of a contract is that darn Union and its stubborn refusal to negotiate on dues checkoff.

The problem lies in the fact that management has already said in front of a judge that they had no intention of following our work rules when they signed them originally. Hard to convince us to defund the union when it will be the only thing that could enforce what is written.

Almost all of us have already worked for another carrier. We have all seen the need for a union. I wish management would see that and simply accept dues check off. There is simply no reason not to unless it is in the hopes that all of us seasoned pilots will cut out the union and agree to the rest. To say that is unlikely is the understatement of the year.