Originally Posted by
rickair7777
VX would have taken longer with VX management... conventional wisdom is a lot longer, but AS (and the pilots) wanted to move the merger right along rather than risk a L-USA catastrophe.
Yeah, Vx is probably not a good example as their deal was tied into an arbitrated contract with AS. So there was a definite timeline, similar to the AA/USA deal. Which can be done on any contract, new or renewed. It like I said, it’s just a conservative guess. But I would also bet it would take a lot less than the current pay package expiring.