Word of us taking no concessions is gonna spread. This is purely a defensive move.

1) Covers lawsuits. AKA, no one was forced to work.
2) Evens out the damage from pilots making no concessions.
3) Its self funding as more FA’s took leaves than they could have wildly imaged. Also, they waited for most scared people to take unpaid leaves. Very smart to clear out the brush, then introduce something that shields them from lawsuits.

All part of the timeline constructed weeks ago.

This is in no way a pre-cursor to SILs.