Anyone that suggests FAPA could have done a better job reaching this point was either not on property under FAPA or has no idea how disfunctional it had become under republic. Let’s review. We had one part time attorney that lost 3 5.p arbitration’s in a row. No retirement and insurance specialists, no data base to compair contract language, we had lost several dispute documents that could have helped in arbitration hearings. Either 3 or 4 paycutts in a row (and you think this AIP is lowering the bar?) Also, let’s not forget we’re working from the grayest contract language I’ve even seen in my career (I’ve worked under 3 other commuter contracts). IMO if FAPA was on property we MIGHT be starting mediated talks now. The backup plan was to contract out negotiations to SWAPA (they were deep in their own negotiations) and APA (deep in a seniority list integration). Im guessing we wouldn’t have exactly heard back right away when an issue came up and/or would have got one of thier b/c team attorneys. Instead we got multiple ALPA attorneys working on negotiations on a daily basis. One of those attorneys went to Yale law school and has argued in front of the Supreme Court. So I’m going to say ALPA is providing substantially more resources than FAPA ever has or would have.