I'm surprised about how some people think in this arbitration. There is no negotiating about gaining something. The affected pilots are to be made whole. that is it. That is how arbitration works. There is no " punitive" award of any kind. We cannot ask anything of mgmt because this is not an opening of negotiations. Only the affected pilots will be seeing any change. If the company offers us a side letter, of course we can take a look, but there is no gaining from this arbitration otherwise. We can't say "because we won, we get this". That's not how it works. We should be happy we won, and go after the next greivance. /End rant.

The neighbors bonfire and several beers has made me ornery tonight. Please forgive the rant.