The NMB makes the rules here. Now it is possible but unlikely Ricci could influence the NMB, we know politians and Gov officials are not above being bribed.
FLOPS will likely get through the holiday season without a looming strike and neither side can do anything about it.
Mediation is just that, a 3rd party who makes determinations and I know the 1108 would love to change the rules as would the company as they both have in the past.
Kinda like politics.....are you voting democrat or republican? You get to pick the lesser of the two evils if you're going to vote.
The NMB decides these extended negotiations and the 1108 with their lack of experience led many to believe a 30day cooling off period was imminent
. Now the troupes are restless and it only appears the company has won.
Nobody is winning at this point but make no doubt that Ricci is still plotting strategies to somehow dissolve this company and start something else with the Phenoms and refurbed BJ's but he is not that smart.