IATA has long since reached the stage where it considers itself of greater importance than anything else. I'm NOT comparing them to FIFA but that bunch only looked after themselves and are now dead in the water.
Before too long, the M.E. carriers will exert their full influence and IATA will come apart at the seams. That's what humans do. For Pax? IATA has always been irrelevant and soon it will be so for the carriers. That is because it will no longer be able to provide the cushion against real life and it will crumble.