Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
Oh...wait...it's not their sandbox and they don't own the toys. They tried to get ALPA to come in and save them...no dice. So they went to BB and sold their souls hoping he would save them. If they hadn't tried to cut everyones throat in the SLI, maybe they would have had more friends who voted with them..
Cut throats? Just like the NW guys who argued that the 747 pilots should be placed ahead of everyone at DL because it's a bigger airplane? "Everyones throats"? Lynx, MEH, and F9 pilots were all pretty close in their estimation of how things should go down. IBT's position was the one that was waaaaay out there.
Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
But no. They are big, bad 'bus drivers. The elite of the industry. Everyone should bow down to them.
No one here thinks that, but I've seen at least one RAH guy who thinks that people with more seniority at "better". Do you think that the wide body pilots at the legacy carriers think they are the "elite", or do you think they are just more senior, with more time invested in their careers?
Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
Look east, F9. To Atlanta. To AirTran. That could have been you, but your greed cost you. And it's highly likely that if there is evidence of collusion found between you and BB...it's gonna cost you again. .
We are watching Air Tran with great interest, because just like us, they didn't cave in to the demand to staple them. They are working on getting a deal that is "fair and equitable". So far, the crappy hand they were offered is FAR better than what we were offered.