An excellent post. Alas, I mistakenly confused ABX and Atlas in my head when I wrote my earlier post, though Atlas is another, lesser, example of protracted negotiations.

I think it bears saying that the best thing SWAPA and its constituents can drive for is a contract. We need to fight for that through the best legal means available to us. We need to use the levers of the RLA to our advantage.

We need to show the NMB that the best and fastest way to a ratifiable contract, and thus the outcome with the least impact on interstate commerce, is through a legal release to self help.