Originally Posted by 2wright

The company has already failed in its self-proposed timeline of having a contract by mid-October. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch for ALPA to contend that the company is in violation of the transition agreement if we were not to have a JCBA by proposed date of the S.O.C at the end of 2011.

So ALPA could ask for a gajillion dollar increase and then claim that the Company is in violation of the TA agreement because they haven't agreed to it? I don't think that logic would pass the reasonableness test in any venue.