What is, in your opinion, the actual status of negotiations? Why are all three MECs, as you say, only saying good things to get the updates approved? If that were the case, why wouldn't 9E jsut be honest in the updates, since it is they who are picketing in the first place. All they have to do is lay it out and say how bad negotiations are going and there is no hope of a TA, so lets start playing mean. That would take away the obvious argument that there is progress being made, as again was stated in last nights update.

Plus, you are a union rep, and with that comes some responsibility. Do you, sir, approve of the nature of this thread? Do you really believe that XJ and 9L pilots will fly your struck work? I am not being sarcastic, I really want to know if that is the case. If it is not, you should be doing your best to call some of your fellow pilots out as being unreasonable and counter productive. Only calm heads will prevail in this fight, emotion always leads to a disaster, and that is the last thing ANY of us want.