You don't need to ask here what he should do. When he gets there the union will tell him what to do. He's on probation the union will do their best to protect him by telling him to just fly and stay out of trouble. When the union strikes they'll tell him what to do and he better do what they say.

ASA was going to strike, but what did we do? Voted the contract in by a large margin. Pinnacle will be a similar bitter/sweet story.