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Mediators look at what other pilots make in order to drive both sides towards an “industry standard” contract. So far United is the only other company to come to a TA and it raises rates to what our TA does, only faster. So the mediator would point at them, at FedEx making only $331/hr, and tell us that we are being unreasonable. Personally, I do think entering negotiations right after we have picketed in support of Teamsters would be a time of max leverage. However, the folks we chose to handle this say that wouldn’t play out the way I desire. My choices are to either believe the guys we chose to do this or reject their decision making process. If I do the latter, I should be advocating for a new EB. I’m not there yet.