Welcome to the present and future. Organized labor has been essentially neutered (well,.......it has helped a great deal to neuter itself) by the government and NMB. Stalling and other delay tactics are now standard when management wants to drag their feet on increased costs. Expect more of the same.

Not to worry though (at least from a karma standpoint) as soon, the shoe will be on the other foot at the regionals as pilot attrition with almost non-existent replacement will soon start claiming casualties. The weaker airlines will begin to fail first while the presently more anchored ones begin to see big losses and parked airplanes. They killed the golden goose and now their goose is cooked as well. It is inevitable. What you're seeing now is simply the increasing process of burning the furniture to heat the house and the scattering of the rats in the process trying to keep their fur from ending up aflame.

The next few years are going to be very interesting.