Originally Posted by PurdueFlyer

That ruling can carry some serious consequences since the arbitrator basically said it's a "turbo jet" pay scale and not a per seat pay scale on the FO side. Bedford is now free to put E-195s (or new Airbus deliveries) on the Republic side and not pay the FOs anything more. Sure he'll have to pay the captain's a little more but even if the captain's E-195 wages (or new Airbus deliveries) ended up matching the E-190 wages at B6 (as an example) he'll still have a huge cost advantage on the FO side.

All the more reason the SLI can't be derailed and a for JCBA to negotiated quickly that is closer to the F9 contract.