If it was cheaper and more expeditious to have a separate entity operating these flights, it would be a done deal already.
If they want to base the remainder of the EA on threats and intimidation and an attempt to bypass the people entrusted to negotiate on our behalf, it will be a NO on principle.
Short of Amway, I have never seen a company promote the volume of propaganda QF are presently releasing. Webinars 2 or 3 times a week.....every week. Quite extraordinary.