I flew with a very senior captain who I believe (I can't remember what he said his role was) is involved with this arbitration. He was a little shocked when I told him the Union was telling us on the forum that they had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. He said he was not aware of any agreement. He also said if there was, it would have had nothing to do with us not being told about the arbitor directing us to go back to the table. He was very open about who the arbitor is and that they are unwilling to make a decision on this because they don't want to pick a winner or loser. The arbitor kicked the can back on the two parties. This CA was a little shocked the pilot group wasn't fully aware of where the arbitration stood.

I have high hopes for our current MEC Chair. I've heard good things about him. I think he was handed a rotten deal. We shall see.