Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
There may have been articles that described the TA as cost positive for the company, I actually it's true that our contract actually cost them less. But I don't remember articles using a cost positive phrase. Only cost neutral. Gotta be fair here.
Carl
The exact words from Ed Bastian:
" And I’d say the other thing, Kevin, there that we did not necessarily forecast or see coming as clearly is the opportunity we had with our pilots to do the contract early. It’s going to pay significant dividends over time as it will have a big cost return to it, not just in terms of improved productivity, but the ability to fairly substantially restructure the domestic fleet. But that those costs came in right away so that’s in our September guidance as well, and that was another big piece."