I'm afraid poor bob has been absent to long. To craft a long diatribe that's supposed to convince the pilots of AA to follow a management team that has elected to bring in 2 former cronies of Frank Lorenzo strictly for the purpose of grounding the unions and especially the pilots into irrelevancy is waste of time. Bob, while a competent airline manager, was also extremely anti-union and believed in a foundation where management does what it wishes and unions should give them virtual free reign. That philosophy was honed to a fine edge by his successor who broke the employees in half in 2003 while attempting to keep grotesque rewards for management for doing so, quiet.

That guy was bounced, but the beat goes on. I'm sorry bob, but the end of line of running roughshod over at least the pilots is here......at least voluntarily. I'm sure bob has some type of contractual agreement since his departure that prevents Him from criticizing future managements in exchange for the lifetime perks and bennies they pay him since his departure. I only wish the hardworking employees of American Airlines would have been treated 1/10 as well since then while they grind and claw forward only maximizing the personal wealth of the elite, but getting ever less reward both financially and emotionally for the privilege.