Originally Posted by slowplay

If donating to their cause requires management to upsize mainline compared to DCI, raise our salaries by $420 million in the last year, shrink DCI by 25% in airframes and 16% in seats, enhances international scope and JV protections, raises vacation by 8%, raises reserve guarantee by an average 8%, etc. then I'm all for that IRS code.

Of course we can take your failed anti-drug strategy (just say no) and do what has been so successful for APA, UAL/CAL, PCL, ASA/XJT, etc.

Yup, we can do that.

How'd SWA get where they are? And SWA, UPS or FedEx, whose companies have had sustained profitability and no bankruptcy ever reached the payrates that we achieved 8 years ago?