Originally Posted by SoCalGuy

As you say, "That's all well and good....."

This thread started by presenting the question/asking the opinion of what should come first.....SLI vs JCBA. As stated earlier, it's black/white per a standing policy. Until that is reformed formally by way of policy change, everything else resides in the same zip-code as Fantasy Land. As the two groups work together to get something by way of an industry leading JCBA, the whole is greater than the two halfs. Inject the SLI prior to obtaining that JCBA (especially when some rattle sabers of future litigation), it will by most accounts fall by the way side of what we've seen prior in the USAirways Merger. In my opinion.....could be worse.....MGT-1 vs UA/CAL-0

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As far as being "black/white", if you read the ALPA Merger Policy, that may not me entirely correct. Here's the excerpt from the policy. So far JCBA then SLI is the process that UAL/CAL is working by, but the way I read it they can agree on another method. Not saying anything will change, just pointing out that there is flexibility if agreed to that's all.
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