Originally Posted by
MusicPilot
Currently, both sides junior CAs are summer 2012 hires. 2012 is where it starts to even out, in terms of upgrades and QOL. Senior to that is where it gets complicated all the way up to the number one slots on both sides. You are correct on why it always goes to arbitration. In the end, some will gain one way and others will gain the other way. Neither should totally lose it all and there are some on both sides that fall into this category.
Unfortunately they do not negotiate off the current status of the list. It's off the snapshot date list. There has been lots of upgrades on both sides since then. That will not mess with the results of the award. But it will create lots of implementation issues that may have unindented conciquences.