Originally Posted by ForeverFO

Pilots, followed closely by mechanics, are the only groups that cannot be replaced in a few weeks. We could replace Horton and all the VP's with eager you MBA's at 1/50th the salary. They'd be ecstatic to have a good job and be able to move out of their parents' basement; AND, they'd probably do as good or better a job.

We DO have leverage. Unfortanately, it is emasculated via the RLA.

I need to examine RLA history a bit close. I suspect I'll find it was written and ramrodded by corporate elite, frustrated by evil unions seking to get a fair share of the $$ that results from their hard labor. The RLA is legalized pickpocketing. Management goes from $38,500.000, picks thousands of pockets of $10K, $20K, and now thier pockets bulge with $45,000,000, and thousands of hard working union people end up with zero, on the street.