Originally Posted by Otterbox

Go take a look at other airline contract negotiation timelines for companies with hostile management and look at the steps they had take to get it.



SWA took 4 and management agreed to a CBA days after an engine exploded and the crew landed the plane safely. The timing of the agreement allowed them to avoid the negative safety news articles that dogged Allegiant during their negotiations. Those types of articles would have brought attention that SWA is now the old Valujet and outlined a history of incidents, regardless of how minor.