Let me just say that the, shall we say, "threesome" of a JCBA proposal will be a hard sell to the Company. I fully expect rejection after reading what was asked. While I agree the Company would like a few more items changed then we would be willing to give and while I think a closer agreement could be had with more of a "direct" and open exchange of information I don not believe for one second the Company is afraid of arbitration.

In theory they COULD do what the did for the AMFA but I don't really see it. Of course if the Company just out of the goodness of their hearts after the arbitration increase the hourly pay rates of the pilots I would imagine the APA would say any extra money paid to the pilots is over and above the JCBA and file a grievance telling them that pilots can't take it.