Originally Posted by Andy

You're referring to this:
(f)Amendments to Labor Agreements and Benefit Plans.—
Any amendment to a labor agreement or benefit plan of an air carrier that is required to conform with the requirements of this section or a regulation issued to carry out this section, and is applicable to pilots represented for collective bargaining, shall be made by agreement of the air carrier and the designated bargaining representative of the pilots of the air carrier.


That's not reopening the contract; that's a letter of agreement. Overly dramatic to state that contracts need to be renegotiated.