You overestimate AC. They are buried in compensation claims right now due to them claiming that crew shortages in 2021 and 2022 were out of their control, and

You overestimate AC. They are buried in compensation claims right now due to them claiming that crew shortages in 2021 and 2022 were out of their control, and the government regulators disagreeing with them. My guess is that no one with any power bothered to look at this until it was too late to settle, and they thought it was worth the cost of fees to see if they could get out of paying.