I'm happy with the union at 9E and I'm furious with the NMB under bush. The deck is already stacked in management's favor by the RLA and the Bush NMB took away labor's best and biggest leverage (a legal strike).

In that climate its no wonder we didn't get a good contract. ASA showed us how its done when the dice are loaded... nice job guys.

Now I'm hopeful that we'll see some progress because of Obama's appointee to the NMB. She was president of the flight attendant's union. When she's in I think we'll be released very quickly.

I'm ready to burn it down but i'll play by the rules with a reasonable person heading to the NMB.