So Freund et al in the AA integration were arguing for adoption of the Nicolau award for the E/W pilots. The same Nicolau award that is now, in the words of the VX attorney " now apparently the worst thing since
the -- the bubonic plague in terms of the disparities between longevity of pilots"

The AA panel rejected using the Nicolau award and instead joined the East and West pilots using a 15/85 hybrid, and right after that they joined this group with the AA crowd using, wait for it, 15/85 hybrid.