Until just recently I had heard very little discussion of SLI. Everyone knows that it looms, but most have taken the attitude that "it's in the hands of the arbitrators". Unfortunately JP's move to get longevity caps for reasons none of us regular pilot people can figure out has blown the discussion onto center stage.

I liked it the way it was, because it will be very contentious. There is nothing either of us can do to change the outcome one number. I have too many friends on both sides to get bent over anything to do with the process and sure would like to keep it that way. Not sure why the UAL MEC agreed to the LOA language if it really went down as some say.