Originally Posted by ChrisJT6

Great quote find for your cause...but doesn't raise as many flags as Smisek's deathly comment now does it.

Hey, both of those great Americans said a lot of stuff in the DOJ hearings including a promise to quickly resolve labor integration...I have confidence in the arbitrators being smart enough to see how little value any banana shaped arrow comment from our CEOs should have on SLI. I also don't believe that the arbitrators are going to completely ignore both parties recent history and the one-sided rapid reduction in 100+ UAL airframes just prior to the merger, especially since Tiltons DOJ comments don't mesh with what he said from the other side of his mouth to investors/BOD about his company that was leading in on-time performance for 2 years, large WB order and a sizable revenue agreement with Chase. BTW, what is wrong with trading parts from an obsolete fleet for cash? Sorry UAL's $3B wasn't enough for CAL to merge, but to imply that Tilton's comment to the DOJ was correct and the awesome synergies we have achieved already since inception of this merger was the reason we now collectively have almost $9B are unreasonable. But you probably believe sCAL is the sole reason in the $6B increase in cash in just over 2 years.

This merger has had enough one-sided cuts...the chips will fall soon enough, I personally hope the country club dice aren't rigged this time. But there is a lot of benefit for management to keep the pilots bickering. 100% Staple job of 2000+ former/current furloughees will cause long term pain for the entire pilot group...is your personal seniority grap worth that kind of workplace?