Originally Posted by slowplay

The PWA is more stringent than the current FAR's. Those protections survived bankruptcy (when management tried to gut them in 1113C, just like AMR is now). The new FTDT rules are more lenient in certain areas than the PWA, and substantially tighter in others. We pocket the tighter areas because it's the law. The more lenient ones management has to negotiate to include in the book. That's leverage, not a Chicken Little moment.