Originally Posted by
Selcall
9E will not be released by the NMB.
Any thoughts to the contrary show a complete lack of understanding of the RLA and the National Mediation Board and how they both work (or as some correctly state, slow the process of negotiations to an incredibly slow pace).
Be careful to not be held hostage by those who appear to base their decisons on emotion and a lack of understanding of basic economics and the role that pilots play within the airline business model.
Good luck.

Sounds to me like an MEC beginning to listen to SPSC rhetoric and not the real world. Maybe they need to quit reading their own press.