Kirby is pretty shrewd. He seems to be able to play poker pretty well even though he's got no cards. Here's what I see. I think he keeps learning, and keeps adapting. He has lessons learned from his last gig.

Kirby is prepared to "run the act." He will run the RLA game for as long as he can in hopes he can achieve a labor cost advantage over his competitors.

He knows if he does this he will achieve a significant LCA over the others, and then be in a position to force them to re-write scope for the entire industry. If we cave, on the next negotiating cycle we would have cause a domino effect that would set the industry back another 30 years in terms of the "value of a pilot", and the "value of the profession."

I would be curious to see Mr. Kirby's contract. I would love to know what kind of incentives he has baked into the cake. I wonder if his contract is laden with bonuses for this and bonuses for that.... You know, like you rush for 1,000 yards you get a Lamborghini or something. Gotta be some kind of incentive.....