mngt is very smart. The way I see it we are pretty much screwed into accepting this deal. An arbitrator is going to rule and end up making short call 2 hours and all those other points that are industry standard. We will see no gain from those losses. At that point we will be stuck on the agreed upon MOU rates which are the blended of UAL/DL which has us lagging. Its a long shot that Delta agrees to a new contract in 2016 which many people are counting on.

I don't think either way is great (lots of unknowns)..problem is it was the hand we are forced to deal with when we agreed to the MOU. Mngt wins either way...

If scope is truly off the table per Doug/Kirby discussion, then the only major source of contention is the contract date being pushed so far out in the future.