Maybe Ed Bastian is unable to sleep tonight. He's going to lay there until 3am wondering "Where am I going to find the money to give those pilots a 4% raise on Monday? The more I crunch the numbers, the more convinced I am that this TA was a bad idea. JV balances, early retirements, the Republic carveout - I never saw them coming. How did Mike Campbell let this thing spin so far out of control?"


I wonder if Anderson is going to toss and turn tonight, also unable to sleep, because he knows Delta will need more than 125 50-seaters? "I really wanted 300 82-seat turboprops, but thanks to those shrewd DALPA negotiators, I'm stuck with this lemon of a TA. What was I thinking, asking for early negotiations? Please oh-please oh-please let them vote it down so I can go back to Plan A... growing DCI by 250% in eight years using untested GTF technology" Then Mrs. Anderson pats him reassuringly and says "There there dear, it's only for three years. You can try for all those nice things next time"