A couple observations from someone new to the fight:
1) I believe several posters stated unequivocally that this matter would be swept under the table as a concession in Sec 6 negotiations. That did not happen. This should tell us about the many conflicting rumors from trusted sources.
2) Lots of chatter as to whether this is an adequate penalty for the severity of offense. No numbers to back up either side of the argument.

What I would like to see is the following numbers, from the company, DALPA, DPA, and any others:
A) Estimated financial gain made by company through contract violation.
B) Estimated financial loss to pilot force due to contract violation, to include opportunity costs (lost upgrades, green-slips due to understaffing, ALV to reserves, etc)

As far as doling out the moolah, again I have less than a whole dog in said fight. However I will postulate that precious few will be happy about how this is paid out, except the handful of us 2010 CJO recipients who have been told we're splitting $10M in recompense for not getting on property till 2014 due to the hiring freeze.