Originally Posted by eaglefly

Yes. It's termed a "comprehensive counter proposal", not an "LBFO" or anything with the term "final" in it. It's designed to allow compromise. A very few items might be rejected, but most will involve compromise. It's the most likely option and always has been. It's simply been a process of brinksmanship and clearly some don't have the stomach for that. Again, both sides want an out and to be able to claim victory in their own way, Parker to save face as being a tough Crandallesqe negotiator, yet achieving the perception of employee support and APA to be able to mitigate some of the fiasco of the LBFO disaster and yet be able to stand behind something that they can support and claim is truly the best that could be achieved and brings X value above arbitration.

I think they are close.......very close. Hopefully Parker doesn't blow it. If he balks and it goes to arbitration, they'll have to essentially start over again even if it's from a higher plane then the original "wants".