Originally Posted by
Timbo
It's obvious to me that Richard learned what -not- to do, when it comes to talking/negotiating with the pilots. He saw what happens when you pizz them off enough to walk, at both CAL and EAL.
I agree with you. I would add that he was also present as an executive during the NWA strike in 1998. I think he learned from that, too.
Originally Posted by
Timbo
My question is, when is our MEC going to grown some stones and start showing how much money the Delta Pilots have contributed to Delta's record earnings, and demand that we be repaid?
I thought the topic was Richard Anderson retiring, and your suggestion that he learned from Lorenzo. Here's what you wrote:
"
They forgot to mention he worked for Frank Lorenzo in 1983 and helped take Continental and Eastern apart...
He's from Houston, just like Lorenzo and Bush 1, who looked the other way while Frankie was destroying Eastern."
I think there's been enough contrast between Lorenzo and Anderson that we can dismiss the notion that he's a "Lorenzo clone".
Originally Posted by
Timbo
How they let Richard's remark that "Labor Risk has been taken off the table" go unchallenged is beyond me.
Without Labor Risk, what leverage does any Union have when it comes time to negotiate?
We view his comment differently. I think he put himself in a box. He assured Wall Street that his union will be happy. Now he has to deliver on that assurance. There's a lot of rhetoric on this forum (and elsewhere) about what it would take to keep us happy, but I contend the final Yes/No vote on the TA will be the verdict that counts.