I don't know where this 1 1/2 year rumor came from, but it is not based on fact, and is doing no good to help pilots vote the way they should. Yes, the Federal mediators have been doing a terrible job under this pro-business, anti-labor administration, but nothing worthwhile gets done easily. Management wants to finally play ball because Delta is tired of the abysmal performance of ASA. They can't fill their newhire classes (who can?) so that gives us the leverage. It doesn't take that long to fix the TA. ASA pilots voted down our current contract the first time, but most of you haven't been around that long. Learn from history and experience, not speculation and rumors.