Everyone should read the actual PA as it doesn't quite read like USAPA's spin in the email. True, the current status quo is East, West, and American.. not Nicolau. But what the PA does is allow the West to present their issues to an arbitration panel prior to the main SLI arbitration. Surely the West will present the Nic and it's desire for a separate merger committee to this panel. The PA specifically allows for 3 committees if this preliminary arbitration awards it. Nothing is guaranteed on either side. They've put everything in the hands of neutral arbitrators.
There will undoubtedly be naysayers and hardliners on both sides. But if everyone is unhappy.. isn't that the definition of compromise?