The NMB isn't going to release anyone to strike if you haven't already gone through the mediation process. You're showing your inexperience with the issues and management bias.

A strike vote is useless if you are still 2-3 steps away from a strike. That would be as amateurish as the status quo strike vote he took a couple years ago. Shot his wad and got nothing for it since a court predictably slapped him with an injunction the next day.

Andrew's biggest mistake was actually letting the company lead him on for the last year+. He should have filed for mediation the first time they negotiated in bad faith. If he'd done so the allegiant pilots might be in the end game. He couldn't really be that stupid and arrogant to believe this management group was going to actually bargain with him in good faith. That's what makes me think it's intentional, just to stay on the gravy train as long as possible. Kinda like the grievance machine does for him.

But yeah, they need to file for mediation ASAP. It'a a required step in the process to get released. That's the only thing thats going to move the process along. Plan on 1 year from the date you file for mediation to get a deal assuming nobody gets parked. That's pretty standard. Should have been done a long time ago. Ask Andrew why he didn't for so long. Press that question. Major mistake.