Originally Posted by motorboatin

You obviously don’t understand the process. Your comment that “The NMB screwed us” screams emotionalism and lack of knowledge. I understand that we’d all like this over and done but being petulant and excitable will not help the situation. Will the NMB offer binding arbitration? Who knows, but prior to that, there are lots of internal checks that they must perform. Most important is enlisting the DOT in an impact study which shows the ACTUAL ramifications of a potential temporary shut-down. That in itself will invalidate a large chunk of the Co’s assertion that they’re as relevant as they think. But until then, just chill people. It’s out of our union’s hands, it’s out of our hands, and it’s definitely out of the Co’s hands. We have a tremendous amount of support that’s been given to us by the NMB. If you think otherwise, look at our track record with them. Mediation after six months of bullish!t bargaining, countless mandated sessions to reach agreements, new board members that immediately engaged us and now sit in on all sessions, etc. This stuff doesn’t happen overnight and acting like a bunch of spoiled pu$$y millenials does no good. Let the system work. It’s been proven, time and time again, that it does.