You are both quite correct. That concurs with what I said:
The deadline is utterly irrelevant as they have now stated the aircraft will be ordered regardless so April 1 is no barrier to continued negotiations.
The point is, they set a firm timeline and then weaselled out of it. This new deadline is irrelevant for the reasons you both lay out.
Since you are listening to the webinars normanton, can you explain the logical fallacy of saying;
a) You must vote yes by March 31st as Airbus won’t allow us to delay any further. And,
b) If you vote no we will order the aircraft anyway and someone else will fly it.
See the problem there??? Why not order the aircraft today? It’s happening with a yes OR a no vote.
The deadline is a pressure tactic!!! Nothing more.