My guess—a cease and desist would harm both parties here. The purpose of scope is job security, and the NEA (so far) led to more pilot jobs. I’d imagine that’s mgmt’s contention and it’s easy to picture the arbitrator turning to ALPA and saying, “Do you really want me to cut the baby in half?” Hopefully there was at least a threat of the cease and desist getting enforced to give us some leverage, because at this point it feels like there should be some punitive measures to stop this kind of disregard for our CBA in the future. The arbitrator could also want to keep his hands clean—dismantle a multi-million dollar deal or set a precedent for completely disregarding legally established worker’s rights? “Hmm, why don’t you guys try to work this out?”