Originally Posted by
eaglefly
All she did was punt, because she knew where it would go. She was looking to punt from the beginning. With no actual harm YET, that was easy. APA will punt to the arbitrators to minimize any DFR and IMHO, neither pure East desires nor the Nic will be used. If you think about it, that's probably the result that would have happened had both sides compromised in the first place. Both sides will be ****ed and thats how you know the proper outcome was achieved.
This is correct. Judge Silver kicked the can down the road. I have looked briefly over the filings. East was mostly bluff and bullshiete, trying to get something to stick. APA was actually a bit thin and timid. The Company's reply was killer. Siegal won this hands down. He had facts and law down pat. Clearly what is going on is USAPA trying to get everything they can for their side (East). Get the money (agree to anything just get the cash now) and then try to get higher seniority numbers with legal attacks. I don't expect this to work out for them. Unless the Judge gets POed they won't lose anything but court cost and legal fees. But I must say it is a rather clumsy attempt. Dismissed without fanfare. USAPA will melt away. APA will try to shaft USAir pilots without getting into hot water. Life will go on. Personally if I was still flying I would be much more worried about Russia sending 6.5 million barrels of oil to China and not using petro dollars. That will make the cost of a barrel of oil go through our roof. What will ten dollar a gallon JetA do to the industry? Now it better be all about seniority numbers.