Nonetheless, they will have to pick one lane.


1)Go for the tough negotiations that take longer and risk not getting a deal prior to JCBA and lose the ability to bring higher rates in for the JCBA. But they will be in a better spot if the JBLU deal fails and we didn’t settle for a quick deal

Or

2)Go for the quick shirt deal to get immediate gains while setting up for higher JCBA gains and raising the “floor” for that JCBA with what we currently have. But if the JBLU deal falls apart, you just lost the best negotiating environment in our careers.

Both have risks/rewards.

The only way you get a quick negotiation with huge gains is if Bendo and Ted say “screw it, we won’t have jobs with JBLU so the JCBA is no worry to us, give them a contract to make sure we have staffing the next few years and let Robin deal with it