I don't know where you guys are going with the USAPA MEC voting in a contract versus the membership. Does anyone REALLY think that USAPA leaders would vote in a contract that the east membership (the majority, and the one's who voted the USAPA membership into office) didn't support?

I get the feeling that the west pilots would be opposed to massive fences. True?

I don't see why an airtight no-furlough clause (no furloughs until all aircraft not flown by US mainline seniority list pilots are gone), huge fences, and pay based on longevity wouldn't pass. While you can't throw out the Nic award, you can mitigate its effects, certainly.