You said:The Niccolau award is not on the property because a joint agreement was never ratified by both groups per ALPA merger policy. To say that USAPA is purposely not negotiating a joint agreement in order to forego Niccolau is absolutely incorrect. USAirways, on the other hand, is typically drawing out negotiations as long as they possibly can in order to capitalize on the very low rates both AWA and USAirways have and to get immunized from the resulting litigation that will ensue once a joint agreement is reached.

The other theory is that one or both sides of the airline will be sold off. Either way, it is not USAPA who is stalling.

There is also a LOA grievance out there waiting over a year now in an arbitrator's hands. Nobody knows if or when an answer might come back on that one. A year is a long time to sit on a grievance, and there are as many theories as to why the delay as there are planets in the solar system. A happy ending to that judgement would mean a substantial raise for the USAirways East side.