There's no doubt, but it's not "some" reason. It's the ridiculous, "let's give senior captains a large lump sum payment as they walk out the door" idea.

Or the company can drag their feet indefinitely and save $200K for every pilot that retires prior to an eventual agreement.

Given the large retirements ongoing, and scheduled to accelerate, now comes the inevitable "gee I can't imagine WHY the company would want to drag their feet."

What's amusing is the idea that all the upcoming retirements and associated training "crisis" somehow gave us lots of leverage. Even if true (and I am not buying it) the retirement proposal eviscerated that hypothetical leverage.

We're in for the long haul now. I'm glad we were wise enough to reject TA1, and also wise enough to ratify TA2.