Originally Posted by
eaglefly
In reality, the pilots played themselves as suckers and Parker is simply capitalizing on something he himself is currently hamstrung on.
"Ruthless CEO" is a term quite easily applied to our present predicament........and again, since we're here and since Horton's plan is well known, how do you seei him and that team leading us out of the abyss they themselves plunged us into ?
Its like a marriage in my humble estimation. My wife and I will celebrate our 35th anniversary this friday. Have there been times where I've thought about what another pasture would be like, you bet I have. After some reflection, I've come to realize that all relationships take work!
It's give and take. Always has been and always will be! I think its a nice fantasy play for our pilot leadership to attempt to woo Doug, but they are doing the membership a huge disservice!
You don't have to agree with me but unless you're willing to find a model that provides a sustained profitability whether that is AA,US, US/AA or AA/US, we are doomed!
Doug may promise us the moon, or as I suspect, just stroke our huge pilot egos, its of no consequence. We will either adapt to the current marketplace or cease to exist.
Choices will be made, but will we have some element of control? It remains to be seen.
The thing about Russian Roulette is.......?