A lot to process here -
- Gutsy move saying this is my best effort, and so I endorse it, and will not continue without it.
- The message - take this or else I quit - is sent to both management, and the pilot group - cuts so many ways - is the message to management that if the group doesn’t take this, they are being unreasonable? Is the message to management that if it fails, it’s because my “ask” was so low that you must come to reality with a new group?
- Why telegraph this at all? Why not simply say to management, “I can sell this deal,” and then either sell it successfully, or tell managment that “I was being unrealistic, and you must up the deal?”
- Is this deal “selling out,” the junior pilots? Is this the shading of a B scale?
In any event, this is an interesting case - with many nuances - we’ll soon know the outcome, but it won’t settle the question about whether the tactics were a smart strategy. I’m not there, so I don’t know all the reasoning behind her decision - but it is a head turning decision.