My guess is if the APA is forced to swallow the NIC, they're new proposals slotting will be even more ridiculous than the first one. Fences won't matter at that point as very few LUS pilots (east or west) will be senior enough to touch a widebody anyway. I really don't see the APA allowing a west pilot hired in the 2000's to go above one of the 1980's hired Captains without a fight. But, that's what arbitration is for