Originally Posted by dailyops

We have pulled our proposals twice in the last few months once a new bar was set. If AA sets the bar even higher we can pull it again. Wasn't it BQ that said they wanted to let market conditions settle before continuing negotiations? Mediation usually ends with getting an industry standard contract, generally this is not what people want, but considering we are nowhere near industry standard it would actually be a significant gain for us if AA matches or exceeds Delta in compensation/QOL. I think a mediator would actually laugh at our current proposal for being so low, all it would take is sliding Delta/Spirit/Jetblue/Alaska current book across the table on scheduling provisions and reserve rules to show how far towards the bottom we really are.