It's *the* point... it cuts both ways. What we do know is that BJ wants this done quickly. That means there's at least a reason to believe that a second go around would take far less time. Conditions were different in the beginning... we had no leverage. Now we do because of externalities that BJ can't control.



If we say NO, we can always just accept the first table scraps we were offered on a timeline of our choosing because we already KNOW that BJ is willing to agree to them. If in round-two negotiations, we get concrete knowledge that things are going sour (e.g. Norweigan can now fly domestic routes), we could always revert back to AIP 1 quickly. The only question now is, how long is BJ willing to let this drag on? So unless the final language has miraculous verbiage, we really have everything to GAIN by turning it down.







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