Just in case any East pilots haven't read, specifically, exactly what the West AOL supporters demands are, they are posted below. Interesting reading! Anybody who thinks these guys are going to be willing to "modify" the NIC to reach an East-West majority consensus, to go in to an AMR merger with, are engaging in "wishful thinking". They have way too much time, effort, money and "ego" invested in playing this out to the end; As does the East. By the way, I could be wrong, but wasn't the original "Army of Leonidas" wiped out to the man?
seajay
Leonidas LLC Objectives
We, the former pilots of America West Airlines, hereby declare the following:
1. We fully demand all of our legal rights, in their entirety, within the new US Airways, or any successor airline.
2. We require full, good faith compliance with our existing contract, the Transition Agreement and ALPA merger policy from all parties.
3. We will not allow our rights to be trod upon by USAPA, the East MEC, ALPA National, or the Company.
4. We will aggressively seek any and all available legal remedies against any party which might seek to dilute our rights.
5. We will not tolerate discrimination against the pilots of America West in any form, including the dilution of the Nicolau Award by any means, contractual or otherwise.
6. We will not engage in fruitless debates over matters already settled.
7. We will remain perpetually poised to aggressively defend our rights until such time when we are no longer threatened.
