Originally Posted by
seekingblue
interesting take on the arbitrator. I hope you are right.
I am cautiously optimistic that the JBalpa can get the company to offer the pilot group sometime that makes 75% of the pilots happy. This 50-50 stuff is no good for the pilot group.
I hope so as well. My understanding is this isn't mediation, where the mediator guides the two parties through a mutually agreeable solution and at the end issues a compromise. This is scope arbitration where he simply decides if the CBA scope section is being violated, per the actual language, or not.
I wouldn't be surprised if the company ASKED the arbitrator, through back channels if need be, to tell the pilots/company to go back and try to reach an agreement before risking an adverse decision (even if bluffing).
I also hope for a decisive outcome in the pilots favor.