Originally Posted by mastercraft

While I do truly appreciate your sound and unbiased reasoning, I still disagree.

Yes I KNOW AAI negotiated the new contract with some sort of coordination with LUV, as I stated previously.

As far as the judge is concerned, the contract that was in force on Sept 27 was a contract too!

You seem to see it as coincidence that a group that voted 98% in favor of strike after 5+ years of mediation, fighting against one of the indutry's most aggressive and oppresive managements, suddenly made friends with their management two weeks after the acquisition was announced and got a TA.

Reality check- without this announcement, the AT pilots would still be in mediation (though probably on ice until after the new year) and would still be wishing SWA would come to save them...even if that meant a staple!