They are withholding it due to their own pride and ego, not because they are worried about 10% of pilots. Robert stole their thunder and hurt their feelings.

But the deal is fine because Roberts sweeteners are the fallback position, his only option is too say it’s a standing offer and the pay is already captured.

His only position can be that if they wanna bark up the tree for 3 more months until they’re fatigued that’s up to them. He can’t afford to try and escalate the urgency of voting this in now, or play hardball by reneging on what he already posted a video of.

He has to let the union take free shots because he already rushed out and offered back pay to Jan 1, could be a tactical miss on his part because that could have been his closer and would have left a small about of urgency to close on a deal. He may give them something to claim a W and close now.

This is what happens when you don’t negotiate QOL gains and do negotiate back pay, we are entering a closed loop where it cost nothing to stay in it and get nothing to exit.