Originally Posted by ancman

The old system was costing the company millions. It was also a driving force behind many of the staffing-related IROPs that we saw from 2021-early 2023. ALPA could have set the price tag nice and high (i.e. PS commuting + equivalent benefit for in-base pilots, UA deadhead language, further limits on GFB calls), all while sitting back and waiting for DBMS API access to begin. At that point, automated enforcement would have enabled near-100% enforcement of 23M7 violations, raising the company’s costs even more.

The leverage there was massive, and was worth far more than a slider switch.