I agree. It's not decent, it's excellent. Well done to the three pilot groups.

Bloch actually has a history of weighing DOH more heavily than other arbitrators in SLI cases. Of course, a lot of those cases were under the old ALPA Merger Policy, which listed DOH as something that should be considered, so it's hard to tell whether he'll still consider it today with Merger Policy no longer listing DOH. The DAL/NWA case can't really be used as an example to indicate his new preferences, since he was only one of three arbitrators, and I'm sure they all had to compromise to reach the final award that all three could get behind.