I for one will wait to see an actual AIP, but I do feel this represents a positive indication, and I'm a bit surprised no one else thought it interesting enough to post.
January 18th letter from out MC
We are aware of management’s public comments about the impact of the Delta AIP, now a Tentative Agreement (TA), and that they roughly know what a deal will look like. The Company has said that there is no reason this new contract cannot be finished in a couple of weeks.
The United MEC will send an industry-leading proposal that includes the concerns of our members and reflects the contract hard-working pilots of United Airlines deserve. Once we submit our contract proposal, we expect CEO Scott Kirby to motivate his team to complete the deal “in a couple of weeks.”