Originally Posted by
iahflyr
I just don't want to see United negotiate another C2000, then take massive pay cuts and furloughs just a few years later because of it.
Too bad the UA pilots could have worked for FREE after 9/11 and United still would have filed bankruptcy. The
revenue drop alone from 2000 to 2002 was greater than the combined payroll of every single one of UAL's 100,000 employees. But why let facts get in the way of a pre-supposed narrative?
UAL 2000 Total Revenue:
$19.3B
UAL 2001 Total Revenue:
$16.1B (the big drop occurred in the last quarter for some reason)
UAL 2002 Total Revenue:
$13.9B
(source:
Air Transport Association Annual Reports)
C2000 did not cause the pay cuts or furloughs, so why try to plan to avoid something that was not the root cause of the problem? Or maybe the UAL/CAL pilots should take further cuts in the JCBA just to make sure things will be OK?