I am not... my point is other posters on this thread have talked about the NPA negotiating....
Where is the leverage? The RLA mandates the pilots to work. The NPA can't strike for any length of time. Management knows this and is not motivated to negotiate... there is no fear factor..
The only effective way is a grassroots movement of the FL pilots reaching critical mass....(ASA pilots last year.. UAL pilots in 2000). I think the FL pilots can do it.. and when they do then the NPA can work with management... but negotiations are not really pragmatic...
Its collective civil disobedience initiated individually..
REZ,
In your scenerio, this would apply to every unionized carrier in the nation. You are correct, the mediation board does not favor labor currently. However, if NPA was able to obtain release for self-help that company could not withstand a two day strike. Not in the current operating environment.
If their management is worth even half their pay, they'd know this. I think that the NPA should constantly push for release since management has already started negotiating in very bad, disgusting faith. They can prove this to the mediator by explaining the new 177-180 contract hostages the company is trying to take.