Id love to talk about negotiations. Unfortunately I still have no idea what my union is proposing for retirement improvements, because negotiating is best done in secret with the company because that strengthens our negotiating position?!? I do love our negotiations grid though, what a wealth of information.

You know what a real rumor is “Outsourcing to Atlas is cheaper than flying in house.” The reason that’s a rumor is because the terms of the deal aren’t public. I was simply laying out an argument as to why it may in fact not be cheaper to outsource in this instance where there are constraints on acquiring new aircraft and there will soon by crew hiring constraints (which atlas is already dealing with due to their high attrition and competition with us and legacies for new hires).