Guys, a few things.

To say that MIA would still be open, or if the eagle pilots vote yes then "X" would happen, etc - that is saying that management is purposefully allowing an employee group to dictate long-term business plans involving whole companies and billions in assets.

Does anyone here REALLY believe that management would put any labor group, especially the pilots (the only real commodity group) in the driver's seat?

Parker has said it himself, they are merely trying to lock in lowest cost as long as possible. That is parallel to, but not dependent upon their business plan. In other words, the business plan remains unchanged regardless of what they are able to do with labor. At best, the pilots may temporarily affect timing.

Also do not expect anything in the form of assurances of base decisions. Management would never, ever put that in writing. If it's not in writing, it doesn't exist. Anyone remember how long "...the foreseeable future..." was? It's a waste of time to even talk about keeping a base open as part of a deal. One only has to think back to the situations under which LA and BOS closed.