Widely believed by the pilots, is what he must be getting at.

Truth is if delta and deltaalpa don't find an agreement together and prove we are adults, the arbitrator will probably honk us both a little bit. Both sides are acting like tough guys right now, my guess is the arbitrator is trying to figure out what it's going to take short of knocking our heads together to move forward. This is just a guess

I don't know what managements deal is, this seems like a clear violation to me, trying to sharp shoot our contract and ignoring intent and past practice. They probably have a point too but i fail to see it. Im surprised the arbitrator didnt hint to Delta to get it's head screwed on straight, but seeing as how they didn't, he's probably looking for us both to give a little.