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34 denied in full for the said Party to incur the arbitrator's fees and expenses. In all other cases submitted for arbitration that are not sustained in full or denied in full, the arbitrator's fees and expenses of arbitration incurred shall be borne equally by the Parties. f. e Parties must mutually agree to any postponement or cancellation of any scheduled arbitration hearing. Unless mutually agreed upon, any costs associated with the cancellation of an arbitration will be borne by the cancelling Party. If a verbatim transcript of the hearing is made and either Party desires a copy of the transcript, that Party will bear the expense of the copy or copies they obtain. e Parties will share equally the cost of the transcript, if any, supplied to the arbitrator. SECTION 10. e Union advocate, if an employee of the FAA, shall be granted sixteen (16) hours of official time for preparation for the hearing. Additional release time may be granted, unless staffing and workload do not permit. Such time may be annual leave, leave without pay, or a combination thereof at the discretion of the employee. e grievant and/or the Union advocate shall be given a reasonable amount of official time to present the grievance. FAA employees who are called as witnesses shall be in a duty status, if otherwise in a duty status, including reasonable travel time. Absent an emergency, the Agency agrees to produce witnesses requested by the Union and adjust their schedules to allow them to appear in a duty status. e Parties will exchange lists of potential witnesses to an arbitration hearing fourteen (14) days prior to the scheduled hearing. Each Party shall bear the expense of its own witnesses who are not employed by the FAA. e arbitrator shall submit his/her decision to the Agency advocate and the Union advocate, as soon as possible, but in no event later than thirty (30) calendar days following the close of the record before him/her unless the Parties waive this requirement. e decision of the arbitrator is final and binding. If the Union advocate elects to submit a post hearing brief, the Union's case advocate, if an employee of the FAA, will be granted annual leave or leave without pay unless staffing and workload do not permit. Leave without pay shall not exceed twenty-four (24) hours for this purpose.

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