Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Caveat: This all assumes arbitration. In *theory* the two MECs could agree to anything under the sun, before it gets to that. In reality they'd probably get lynched by their own people so they can be expected to dig in hard in their respective positions and let it go to arbitration.
This is exactly why this (and any SLI merger) should be done baseball style(where each side presents it's best final offer and the mediator picks which ever proposal in entirety that he/she deems as the most "fair", IE no splitting the baby).
It forces each side to be as reasonable as possible and address their own side's pilots concerns vice shooting for the moon and setting up unrealistic expectations. It promotes more harmony in the process which can make the end result more palatable.