The mediator cannot force us to accept an inferior proposal. Time is their weapon. Even if it's several months, in the long term there will be a more beneficial result for us.

It depends on how expensive or persuasive we are to BJ. They certainly came up with an offer rather quickly recently. Something caused this. We know for a fact we canceled our latest show of force which took away some of our bargaining power. Of course it could be restarted tomorrow at sporting events, airports, major cities, the media, etc. Perhaps certain shows of force have a tactical effect that they didn't like? Perhaps investors are pressuring them? Perhaps they want to be bought out? Perhaps they want to fly to Europe sooner rather than later? Who knows... but certainly we could persuade them to reach a better deal on a shorter timeline.

It's not a difficult thing. We merely have to keep refusing any inferior voluntary remedy. Clearly you can see in the RLA that nothing is mandatory unless we're foolish enough to accept inferior Pay & Rules.

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