It takes weeks if not months to file for mediation, get on the calendar, get the mediator spun up, and start negotiating. It blows my mind that UALPA is not getting the process started NOW. Without mediation, DALPA would still be getting stonewalled by management. And don't get fooled into thinking the quantity of closed sections is important. The big dollar economic and high impact work rule sections are where mgmt is going to drag their feet as long as they possibly can.