How’s it going to feel when the USAirways LOA expires in December and the proverbial shoe is on the other foot? Do you really think that the USAirways pilots will be in a hurry to negotiate a new contract if they are the ones making more money? Based on the fact that they did not do so while making less money, I would say either the company had better be ready to make it worth their while or the West pilots will have to agree to fences. I suppose one can believe that there is a way that a judge can MAKE the pilots agree to a joint contract, but I sure do not see it. How can a judge insert himself into labor negotiations? Can the judge MAKE USAirways management pay a certain wage? How will this litigation be enforced when the contract must be voted on? The Nic award, in its present form, has such horrendous consequences for the USAirways pilots; it is hard to see them ever voting “yes” to ANY joint contract. USAPA has been ordered to “Immediately, and in good faith, make all reasonable efforts to negotiate and implement a single collective bargaining agreement.” Does USAPA have the power to make the company pay the USAirways pilots enough to make them sign a joint contract? Most likely, USAirways will go belly up or merge and that is how this will end.