Unless something changed or was said recently, there isn’t a link because that’s not what was said.

Isom tap danced around the topic of the Delta AIP at one of the company propaganda events. Then a “Senior Vice President of Flight Operations and IOC” (translation: his opinion doesn’t really matter, and he’s a known pilot hater) supposedly told some pilots at that FAA-mandated industry-wide “be professional” class that the Delta AIP is lucrative for AA pilots but not to expect a penny more. What would you expect them to say?

Anyone who thinks Isom will offer anything beyond an exact match of Delta rates and Delta rates only is delusional. He’ll ask for concessions and provide essentially zero QoL gains. He’ll release that proposal directly to the pilots and media, attempting to go around APA, with hollow threats of parking widebodies (that’s a sure way for him to get fired) and a deadline to approve it or it’s gone. It’s directly from his union busting playbook.

It’s up to the APA BoD/NC to get QoL work rule improvements, and the membership to vote it down if it’s not at least to the level of the Delta AIP.