The East pilots claim they want to "burn it down" before they will accept their final and binding arbitration award. Right now, it looks like they will get to press to test that claim. LCC has not been able to operationally integrate the company and that is part of the reason why they face such an uncertain future.

The first officers complain their upgrades will be delayed a few years under the Nicolau award. I am not sure they will ever get the chance, at least not at a company called US Airways. Maybe they will get to see how the APA treats their merger partners.

The USAPA leaders is the one group capable of providing worse leadership skills than the old East MEC. They have allowed their pilots to drive themselves into a ditch. I don't think there is any recovery for them now. My first guess is a Chapter 11 or more likely 7. The next guess is a merger with AMR, and they shuck off about half the company. The last guess is a fragmentation or asset sales followed by Chapter 7. Either way, their future looks dark and they are partly to blame for their own troubles.

Sad, all the way around.