There is definitely more to this than meets the eye.
Didn't the Short Haul first round vote during their EBA negotiations end up with a similar % No vote to the Long Haul EBA8 ?
The Union then went on to negotiate a better outcome on the back of that result, despite the simpering letter from a certain individual admonishing anyone that might vote No.
So why is it that the New Team are hell bent on applying bandaids to EBA7 and not bringing EBA8 to a conclusion?
I understand that the economic winds have changed 180 degrees but there were a number of good aspects to EBA 8.
Don't just throw the baby out with the bathwater in order to satisfy a political whim.
Any truth to the rumour that the company doesn't wish for EBA8 to ever see the light of day because they got their costings back in the last 3 weeks of the negotiations and blanched when they saw how much the pilots would gain.