Worth noting that we’ve only really been in proper negotiations for a few weeks. (Anything prior to the TUMI backlash was more company directed consensus than it was negotiation as far as I’m concerned.) So while it feels like a years long issue, this stalemate is in a way, a new development.

Having said that, I think SK is quickly losing his messaging on the whole “best & biggest” thing. The worst case scenario from a management perspective would be signing an expensive contract after a battle so drawn out that it buys them no goodwill from the pilots. Momentum matters.