Originally Posted by Route66

Hey you guys, don't fall for this "python" crap. The arbitrators aren't going to use it. They are going to use what they understand. stuff like, stovepipe, career expectations, etc. The LUS pilots tried that crap with the American/US Airways merger and it was totally ignored.

Our negotiating committee tried to sell it, along with Bill Wilder, as the second coming of Christ. Here is what I will tell you: hold on to your hats because this arbitration has the potential to fractionalize your group like none other. ALPA merger policy picks winners and losers. You don't. Statistics, darn statistics and lies. Who said that?