Shoelu,

I also think it is clear by what Gary Kelly stated by his disappointment.

I think Gary Kelly understood what agreements were made in the Process Agreement with ALPA and ATN MEC/MC.
The ATN MEC did not follow the deal they shook hands on and signed. That is why I think Gary Kelly was so mad. I don't really blame him for that.

I think he had been actually doing the AAI guys a favor in those July meetings. He was going over the History of what SWA does to airlines and their pilots when they buy them. He was very specific. He and several other upper SWA mgt. folks were doing them a favor by showing them what was behind the curtain of arbitration. He did not have to do that. He could have just let them run with the arbitration and those guys and gals would probably be on the bottom of all the seniority list in the industry.

I think it is just another example of pilots thinking they are the smartest guys in the room. Time and time again, we have our asses handed to us by business men.