IMHO, this little slip sums up the whole enchilada.

In an arbitration there is no middle ground and a strategy that is based on an extreme proposal with the hope of meeting in the middle is flawed from the start. Recall that the arbitrators are not required to select either proposal so any extreme position is easily discarded.

History will not be kind to the CAL MEC and MEC leadership given the track record of a flawed UPA (with the intent of influencing the ISL) and an ISL strategy that not only failed the CAL pilots but also left deep rifts with legacy UAL pilots.

The faster we can combine into a single MEC and move forward together the better.