Lew, this meeting is a good thing. It wasn’t until after swapa met with GK and the execs in 2016 that we started to see movement on that contract. That meeting exposed Babbit and Russel as the irrational obstructionists they were and cast a light on their misleading communications to both the pilot group and upper management. It also cast swapa in a very positive light as they had a more thorough picture on the company finances than most of the VP’s and they were invited back to several more meetings with the CFO that showed swapa’s asks were both reasonable AND affordable.

Casey has also demanded that swapa (and by extension the schedule research cmtee) be included in the discussions on the meltdown. This is NOT the same as TD, CK, and a few others going around swapa to tell the company the minimum the pilot group would accept on a potential TA as happened last contract cycle.

Now, if Casey and the swapa VP’s are having dinner with Bob on a weekly basis, meeting outside of the office, meeting outside business hours, going on golfing outings, hunting trips, traveling to destination spots etc. I’ll be first in line to call foul. Right now though there are lots of reasons they should be talking.