Geez, what a hide. Through their own actions (or inactions) whether deliberate or not they have damaged the airline they want to own. Now they want a discount because of it.
This could be just brinksmanship or gamesmanship by FLEW but could it also be tight for the cash to pay for it anyway??
Anyway, looks like AN employees are caught between a rock and a couple of 'hard cases'- with apologies to Sean Connery and the screen writers of the movie 'The Rock'.