Seems to me this would have been a win win for Judy and YRC. The losers would have been us ABF employees. If they (ABF) had played hardball in the negotiations and offered us the same deal YRC has, the union would not have wasted their time presenting it to us.Then with no agreement likely the contract would have expired March 31st. YRC then swoops in on April 1st and buys ABF from ABC. At that time with no contract to worry about, YRC just closes the doors at ABF. The deal then is all about real estate and equipment. The banks probably could have been convinced that ABF had enough valuable terminals (to sell) and equipment (to replace some of their junk) to make economic sense. For Judy, the large influx of cash could have paid off all their debt and financed a major expansion of Panther. We would have been left out in the cold. With no protection from our contract, the only valid contract would be YRC's. The most we could hope for would be a job offer starting at the bottom at YRC... Not sure if I am right about what could have happened, but it still scares me...