Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The CEO at Delta in a move to blunt the perception of a Christmas pilot strike said something monumentally stupid on national TV. That statement where he completely discounted the mediators role in strike timing directly resulted in the Delta TA. He was so worried about perception he let his mouth run away from him. The mediator then gave him a solid dose of reality and who was in charge!
And in the process Bastian helped set the floor for the UAL and AA. and AA punted with a copy-and-paste. I guess they don't do pattern bargaining at APA.