Disappointed by the latest DFO update but not surprised.
There is no single issue that would have a greater positive impact on the Company’s bottom line than an end to the training ban. Not one. By stating that the Company will not make any monetary concessions is their way of saying that we must be willing to, yet again, agree to trade something away,...to concede.
Their denial of the training ban’s negative effect, in the face of their admission to only 10 JFO upgrades this year and their plan to upgrade over 200 next year, is becoming harder to do with each passing day.
It seems to me that the AOA should walk away from negotiations until the time to begin those 200 upgrades becomes the Company’s overriding consideration.