Originally Posted by jsled

Your last sentence reads like a Kumbaya love fest. Many of us have been around. The last time things were this good....low oil prices, strong hiring, ect., was 2000. United furloughed 2172 guys starting in the Fall of 2001. The rest of us took 28% pay rate cuts, then another 12% plus pension termination and various quality of life hits FOR TEN YEARS. There were personal bankruptcies, divorces, suicides. When times got better for United, we tried to exercise a little muscle for an early contract and got a court injunction imposed on us. United recalled and hired some guys in 2007, only to re-furlough in 2009. After the merger, the games continued by dragging out the contract and prolonging our POS bankruptcy contract (unlike how the DAL/NWA merger went down). Some, including myself, will never forget or forgive. So with all that in mind....I'll just keep trying to deplete the bank account.

Show me the money.

Sled