That's not the point, as you well know. It's contract compliance. They want it done on a certain timeline in order to meet corporate goals. Not our problem.

The fact that the company even agreed to arbitration on this is a significant change for the company/union. Two years ago the company would have just told the union to pound sand and dequal folks if necessary.

While PMG training is a small issue, the process is not minor. They are starting to realize, to their frustration, that they are not king, but the RLA process is. That is a good thing going forward when we get to much larger issues.