Originally Posted by flydiamond

It ultimately won't happen (unless congress is unable to act due to bickering, which wouldn't entirely surprise me). The fact that they were released by the NMB from mediation into a cooling off period moved the ball quite a bit since the overwhelming majority of unions now have TAs...it is only about 2 of 12 unions who are still at a stalemate over sick time usage (sounds familiar). The other unions will honor any strikes though (think pilots honoring a mechanics strike), which will shut down the entire system.

I believe the last airline that entered a cooling off period was Spirit in 2010 and that resulted in a strike... so to say we would never be released (@Jim Rockford) is naive and cowardly.