Management is grossly over estimating their position here. The “that’s the way we always did it” crowd is retiring to the tune 800+/year. You know who’s replacing them? That’s right, the guys and gals that are used to getting triple pay and a 150K bonus for accepting a job they didn’t even have to interview for. What do you think their expectations for a TA will be? 10/5/3? Laughable. These guys don’t get out of bed for less the 2x premium and a nice fat bonus. The longer this drags out, the more flows come to mainline, and the higher inflation gets. It’s not going to get cheaper for AA. Quite the contrary. I say file for mediation and let the lengthy multi-year process begin.