Originally Posted by justjack

I agree except I don't think that the company cares about the East or the West. They were only interested in their own liability- which I think is where we agree. Where we differ is on our opinion on what Silver's ruling means. I am no attorney and I can only read the ruling and form an opinion on what it means. That said, I think the company is off the hook and given the fact that they could not care less about any other aspect of the dispute, I suspect that the company has all it needs now. In my ever so humble opinion, this ruling closed the door on the Nic. But I don't rule out Zombie Nic. I truly wish that there was a way to make you(the royal you) happy or at least content - short of the Nic. Again, in my opinion the Nic is dead and what is left standing are two pilot groups, shattered by unrestrained deregulation, bankruptcy laws and corporate plunderers. The debate about who we are, where we came from and what we deserve has always been framed in the wrong way. It has been framed in a way that puts pilot against pilot rather than pilot against management. I stand here today with my hand out- I don't want you to feel like your fellow pilots screwed you. I want a fair and just agreement. If your only reply to me is ''binding is binding- the Nic is the only way" then I suppose there is nothing left to say.