Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
Just to make sure I understood you clearly, are you saying that it is the Delta pilot's fault that United, CAL, USAir and AMR couldn't get a contract that raised the bar above us? That was my takeaway, but I'm hoping I misinterpreted you.
I think we share a big part of the blame. Primarily because of the success of our company and the prominence of our pilot group in the industry, we've been in a leadership position within our profession. We've been the first pilot group post-bankruptcy to be in a position to define how we will recover. And the "definition" we've given is that the extremely unreasonable cuts we took in bankruptcy were a reset, establishing a new baseline from which we only expect "reasonable" improvements going forward. How could we set a bar like that and NOT damage the others?