If we were to change horses going into the C12 negotiations I think that would be a positive for the pilots. The company has a very comfortable relationship with DALPA. If that gets changed, it adds a little bit of uncertainty and the pilots can enter with the completely irrational requests (from management's POV) that many hard liners here want like C2K+ payrates.

Further, it does show we are engaged and it won't be the same ol, same ol.