Scoop,

Well, it is not exactly like that. The senior Green book guys actually faired very well. Remember the argument before Roberts(named after the arbitraitor who awarded it.) from the red side was what they brought to the table which at the time was predominantly widebody flying with 727 being their smallest airplane. Republic brought 9s/727/ and 6 757 (easy number to remember as that was how the red book guys taught apu egt limitation on the 747) Sorry, I digress. Anyway, the republic guys argued DOH and didn't want ratios and used the domestic feed they brought as the basis for their argument. Roberts looked at both sides and said, ok I give both sides what they want. To the green book guys they got their date of hire and to the red book guys they got their access to the widebody flying. The twenty year fence was long and costly and I think that is why RA, seeing it firsthand, isn't desirous for us to have fences on the new SLI.

I hope, scoop, that both sides can meet in the middle and we don't have two decades of bickering/resentment or disharmony.