The way out of any suit is the 3 way that will happen when LCC or AA pulls the trigger. There will be no harm to West as they never had a contract with the East going in.There will be no harm there as there is no history of a joint AWA AAA contract and that is the requirement to trigger the harm possibility. That is the easiest way out for all parties, although the West will not be happy about it. It clears the AA pilots and surviving company(AA) because AA has no history of anything related to Nicolau. That is one reason why they want the East pilots to give up change of control to clear the decks for AA to be the survivor.Not only is it logical for AA to be the survivor, it clears the West issue up completely. It is a very convenient out. I would imagine the AA guys want the youngest group of pilots the farthest down the list as possible, and a DOH for them is the best option to capture the East attrition and place the West where they want them. The East will be fenced off as long as possible to blunt the DOH issue, and make it a non issue. DOH with big fences works well for AA pilots.