There’s an argument to be made to file for mediation at our current point in negotiations, and the latest SWAPA negotiating update made clear that debate is occurring now by the board of directors. However…. The idea that we should have filed for mediation at some point over the past two years, when load factors were 5-50%, and the company was blowing through $Billions a quarter of government money and still showing a loss is just asinine.

You can demand a contract all you want but that doesn’t mean you’ll get one. Personally I’d much rather ink a deal a year from now when the company can’t use Covid as an excuse not to pay us then today and be the first airline out of the gate and watch all the other legacies sign more lucrative deals in our wake.