Originally Posted by irrelevant

One might even wonder why management is in such a hurry to negotiate to begin with, since they usually like to drag these things out five years of more.

Five years from now, the temporary labor surplus created by age 65 will have started to correct itself.

Five years from now, there won't likely be many new pilots completing flight training - just look at student starts over the last couple of years.

Five years form now the 1500 hour minimum experience level for airline pilots, in whatever it's final form is, will have an impact on the available labor pool.

Wonder why Comair/Delta isn't trying to delay negotiations as they historically do?