Bucking Bar, How would we have this flying handed to us on a silver platter. The company will fight any integration effort to the death. We are not in contract negotiations. How would we capture this flying?

Take a day off one day and go talk to some of the people at DALPA. Get a real idea of the company stance on this. Find out what has been done behind the scenes. You will not be able to post it here but I think you might come back with a different perspective. If we want the flying above 85,000 lbs it will only happen in contract negotiations and then only after a strike is underway. I will go there if we are fighting for all the EMB170/175 flying. Nothing short of a strike however is going to bring that flying back.