Honest question. The settlement pushed most protected pilots flow date up a couple months with the guys at the end probably improving their slot by five or six months. With the way AA has started to hire that might mean anywhere from 200-600 numbers in seniority. We've been here long enough to know that the full grievance process could have extended well into 2019, then even longer to get an award for harm caused IF we win that grievance.

Since the grievance only covered the protected pilots and any award for damages could have happened after they all left property what outcome were you hoping for? If we pushed hard for the 50% of all classes or even a meter much larger than 30/month the company would have taken their chances with arbitration and it's still possible we would have lost. Even if we won it's incredibly unlikely APA or AA would be forced to rearrange their master seniority list to reflect the 50% number retroactively. What would you have been happy with?