I guess it depends on who you listen to. Lee Moak thought the bk contract was “mature.” A couple of years ago his disciples thought TA2 was “mature.”

after consolidation resulting in us, UAL and AA being arguably “too big to fail,” it seems unlikely that bk will be a threat any time soon.

as long as there’s money for stock buybacks and equity stakes in foreign carriers, there’s money to fund respectable improvements in our contract. Just a matter of how much we want to fight for it.