Originally Posted by
gloopy
Just like politically they say "there would be no Reagan if it weren't for Carter" its equally true to say "there would be no C2K (a.k.a. "United plus") if it weren't for UAL". There would have been no United to plus off of were it not for the shortsighted laggership style of Goodwin, Wolf, et al in uniting the pilot group there in an unprecidented way.
There is a lot of value in motivating another team to do better. It makes the whole league stronger.
I'd be remiss if I didn't add that there'd have been no UAL c2k rates had they not (successfully and admirably) patterned off of the "Delta Dot."
Despite attacks on their fortitude and unionism, I'm grateful that many of the men who brought us the "Dot" and C2k are still working on our behalf.