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You are correct. Section 1D8 of the contract applies.
However, you can bet that management will be very reluctant to get in the middle of this.
That said, they might dispute any conditions, restrictions or fences that significantly impacted their operational flexibility. They have that power. If they do object, then ALPA has a choice - resubmit a "modified" list without the fences that the company doesn't like or hand it to another arbitrator. This time it would be "baseball style". The arbitrator has to pick the company's list or ALPA's list.
Fences cost money. When we submit our list, the company has to decide if they will pay that cost or not. If the fences are long and tall enough, they might object.
Thats why NWA's proposed 10 year fence is ridiculous and totally unrealistic. As I said previously, any SLI proposal that contains 10 yr. fences illustrates how indefenseable it is on its own merits and clearly something that Delta would reject outright. Try again NWA