They'll have less incentive to improve scheduling provisions in future contracts, making future improvements more costly in negotiating capital. Every pipeline problem will be forever solved. Instead of having to improve reserve even further in this AIP, add pay and and negotiating for forced seats was cheaper for them.
It could turn out that the final language is good enough that CA seats won't show up in a new hire drop. I really hope that's the case. Hope. But I think the company wanted this for more than insurance. They played the longer game. Smart.