With regards to pay rates:


From my earliest days as a pilot, I have always said that I do not want to work for the company with the highest labor costs in the industry. Historically that has turned out to be a losing situation.


Furthermore, as has been mentioned over and over and over, my vote and most UAL yes votes were a vote to end the tyranny of the CAL-MEC and little else mattered. On that issue we will simply have to agree to disagree.


Finally, the contract was tentatively agreed to prior to the announcement of the new DAL contract, and the pay rates we have are above the previous DAL contract. If someone believes the company would have negotiated a pay rate based on a DAL contract not yet signed I think they are ignoring reality. The fact that DAL leapfrogged our rates immediately after our contract was announced is good for everyone.



Exhibits taken from UAL's Bankruptcy case in 2003