They will not risk it, they have LOA 19 Spiff.
They know that once beaten enough we will give in. (See past performance)
Fact is that most of the past PWA's and LOA's have been agreed to fairly close to where the company's starting position was. It just took the DAL MEC years and years with out the wage an benefit gains to realize it.
Point is that I will bet money on the fact that what you see is the best you are going to get for some time.
We have a lot of money we are going to need to spend in the next five years here at DAL. Some of the 50 billion will be new planes, new terminals is JFK (300-400 million min), Terminal F in ATL (close to 100 million), merging costs (which have been grossly underestimated), and replacing a fleet where the efficient domestic jets are 8-25 years old.
That is a lot of money. DAL management knows that the money needs to be spent. The MEC's know it too. This is about creating a global power house. That takes time and understanding. Bitting at their heels and keeping our company away from making the money to pay for this and our future wages is one sure fire way to make all of this one long and painful process.