That is truly a shame. I had been hearing good things from the talks... apparently that is not the case.

I had a suspicion that there would be an attempt in early October to "can kick" through the critical holiday months in some fashion, but if it truly is a LBFO V 2.0, then it's over.

Why in the hell can't they negotiate a short contract? I suspect LBFO I would have passed if it was a 2 year contract with limitations on how long a new contract could be forged after the amenable date.

Is AMR really this shortsighted and stupid to lose it all? They'd get their YES vote with a simple contract that is even close to parity with Delta or the new UAL deal.