A buddy of mine from the Tranny sent me a text saying his union recalled their Vice Chair yesterday. Wow! That's pretty bold given the task at hand. If I'm not mistaken, United ALPA just did the same thing and it has really slowed the pace of their SLI talks.
Apparently this is nothing new however. NPA wrote the book on recalling reps. An old saying comes to mind. Something like, "You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl!"
I have no information about the goings on at AAI but with regard to your assertions regarding UAL and "SLI talks," you are mistaken. There are no discussions about the CAL/UAL SLI at this point. All energy is being spent on the JCBA which will be concluded prior to SLI negotiations...