It is not the Airline's "request" to stop negotiations for 6 months. If the association is put into recess you will be hearing a lot more from your LEC representatives than you have been in the past (good thing) on how we (all of us) will continue. This is one step in the process of dealing with a managment that would rather see us under a 10 year bottom of the barrel contract than with something that may keep pilots here for more than 6 months. If you look beyond PSA, great lakes, and commute air... our contract is the worst in the industry minus our vacation.