If we are to reach an agreement, management has to stop overreaching.

Northwest management has a tendency to misjudge the will of the pilots group.

We've asked management that question (when a new contract would be imposed) and they haven't given us an answer. It could be immediately or they could use it for additional leverage at the bargaining table.

Our goal is a consensual agreement, but we're not willing to give management things it wants but does not really need. If management demands remain excessive we may be forced into a situation where we have no choice (but strike). There are limits to what employees will do.

We remain committed to a consensual agreement, but we just have seen no movement. At this moment, management has refused to negotiate. They are still at $325 million.

As the biologist, the best management would be conservative, permit-only hunting. That's not the way the public wants it. They want to maintain a general season.