BB and WH knew what they were doing. They killed 3 birds with 1 stone.

1. Got BB into a position to be a major.......feeding his megalomaniac self

2. Side benefit was SLI puts off even further having to settle a new contract whereas he KNEW arbitration would happen and it would be dragged out. No brainer.

3. Gets an unspecified time extension beyond the 2007 contract amendable date to continue to pay his pilots joke wages before having to agree to something better.

All in all shrewed business moves completely on the backs of his employees. He and WH stepped on the ant hill and are laughing at the thousands of ants trying to figure out what to do.