Bow to your Sensai. Bow to your Sensai!

Unless someone spills the beans, tomorrow’s the day. The arbitrators’ “award” will be announced, theoretically ending the labor dispute between air traffic controllers and the FAA. Someone is going to be elated and someone is going to be deflated.

So on the eve of the big announcement, a prediction: controllers are going to win. The lost cost-of-living adjustments will be restored. No back pay, though. The plight of the so-called “B-scale” controllers will improve dramatically, though their pay will still lag behind the old guys (and old girls). Otherwise a favorable contract - a remarkable turnaround in three years, which has seemed like eternity for controllers but is lightning quick for government.

In celebration, if celebration seems warranted, controllers should use the new dress code as a way of showing solidarity, patriotism and joy. Instead of jeans, I suggest wearing these:

These, of course, are the “bad boys” that Rex, founder of Rex Kwan Do in the movie Napoleon Dynamite (2004), wears in his studio…and, apparently, elsewhere.

As Rex says, “After one week with me in my dojo, you’ll be prepared to defend yourself with the STRENGTH of a grizzly, the reflexes of a PUMA, and the wisdom of a man.”

Properly attired, one could spout other Rex quotes as appropriate. One could say, “At NATCA, we use the buddy system. No more flying solo. You need somebody watching your back at all times.”

One could stand on a table in the breakroom and say, “Take a look at what I’m wearing, people. You think anybody wants a roundhouse kick to the face while I’m wearing these bad boys?”

One could point to a member of the management team and say, “You think I got where I am today because I dressed like Peter Pan over here?”

The possibilities are endless.