The Opener wasn’t costed by ALPA EF&A; our full table position and its attendant costs were unknown until the end of the Protocol Agreement in December of 2019. In the meantime, Bastian said “no early deals” while Schnitzler said “time is on our side.” Jim Graham took one look at the price tag, was immediately certain that he had nothing to fear from the NMB, and here we are almost three years later.

I think we’re gonna get parked in January.