Clearly there is a reason they are settling all the labor contracts.
One theory that I recently heard is that the aircraft leasing companies want to see our forecast costs before they lease us hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aircraft. We have 2 new aircraft a month on the way. That's about 80 million in aircraft a month. They want to know we can pay for them before they lease them to us.
That or an IPO is coming. Or both.
Either way, I'm glad this negotiations process didn't take 5 years like Jimmy Nides promised