Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Not necessarily. I don't think APA can or will agree to a process arbitration supposedly doesn't allow, that being separate non-union groups argue directly to the "neutral" arbitrators. Instead, allowing separate groups to include information for APA to present to the neutral arbitration. This would be after negotiation fail or possibly not even occur if East pilots don't agree to reengagement in the SLI process and of course after their frivolous and obstructionist strategies run their course.
Doesn't it sound like a huge conflict of interest to have one of the principles in the arbitration (APA) in control of all the information from all other participants (USAPA, maybe West)? Sorry, but a long, protracted DFR suit is just not a suitable deterrent to potential APA "misrepresentation."
Capt H