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Airsupport
i can answer that easy. new administartion coming in soon. if delta keeps us growing without a contract they stand a bigger chance of having flight disruptions when we go on strike a la comair. we are number 1 right now on the mediators desk since champion has gone under. as soon as the new administration comes in there is a chance that we could be released, plus by the time he got into office and got things going we would be without a contract for 4 years.
You're implying that Obama wins. I think the Dems made a mistake nominating the most liberal Senator outside of Kennedy to the party ticket. America likes centrists. McCain is more a centrist and could easily cull votes from both sides. I'm not saying I'm for or against either candidate, but to think its a done deal in June is far from reality.
Also, a mediator needs to believe that one side is incapable of making any future progress before you get released. Pinnacle mgt., could agree to several lines of language each week and the mediator could say "hey, progress is being made". It took Comair 3 1/2 years to get released. Remember also that under Bush's watch, the Comair guys got released. Under Clinton's, AMR was told to go back to work. It isn't always the Dems that play to labor.