MEC gave the NC their marching orders and they followed them, making it hard for the MEC to then say they fouled up and send them back. If they did, what credibility would the MEC have with the NC?. Or the NC then have with management. It wasn’t that the NC didn’t do the job they were asked to do, it was that the environment changed. H€||, the UA MEC and NC were getting ready to sell out for a fancy suitcase. By comparison, the NK MEC and NC did a great job. But the environment DID change and the environment is the pilot group expectations. If the group votes it down, management just has to accept the environment has changed. If the MEC had sent it back, management wouldn’t know if the NC or the MEC was incompetent or not acting in good faith.

If people want a better deal the pilot group as a whole is going to have to say that. You can’t put it all on the MEC.