This step of 'mediation' in the process seems absolutely useless. . .Just an opportunity for the company to stall along the way. They had to leave early to get back to NY because of the impending storm? What a complete joke. So their negotiating team is the reason that our IROPs are so jacked up. . . We are all supposed to believe that these dudes that company has chosen to negotiate with are sitting in the big chairs during IROPs and making big operational decisions? Completely disappointing and a farce.