Originally Posted by
dera
One could argue that the contractual improvements were led by United by voting no on the Tumi TA. If they ratified that, it would have led to a completely different pattern in bargaining.
Wasn't the main reason for that was AA quickly offered APA the Tumi deal plus a little more and the UAL ALPA said, "wait, we settled too quickly if AA mgmt thinks it's a good deal....."