Originally Posted by GrapeNuts

Exactly. Rank and his east buddies are getting DFR confused with court appeals. The APA nor the arbitration board issued the restriction to USAPA, the court ordered it and that is the forum they need to address their disagreement. Walking out of the arbitration is going to only hurt the east pilots, but if they do it will definitely expedite the SLI hearings.
I feel bad for the third listers, they are anchored to the titanic.