I thought this was an interesting little ditty in the letter we got from the merger committee this week:
>>The process will move on after we have a chance to catch a short break and see our families, but the exact path to a merged list is uncertain. As the Arbitrators suggested at the end of the hearings last Thursday, SLI negotiations between us and the Delta Merger Committee may resume again soon. The arbitration panel has offered to mediate, and we may take them up on that offer if the direct talks make that appear promising. Or, we may still end up with an arbitrated award.<<
What is interesting to me (trying to be a dispassionate observer here) in the two lists is how far apart they are, as everyone has pointed out. The difference for me between the two is 909 numbers, that is hudge.
Here is hoping that we can get this thing worked out on our own. It will suck but I think the 3 wise men's list will suck worse.
Ferd