The then-Delta MEC Chairman and future ALPA President, Lee Moak, is reported to have said right to the face of the man who would turn out to be the last US Airways ALPA MEC Chairman, 'We were hoping you would go out of business'.

The implication to any pilot is obvious.

US Airways going out of business would have perhaps made Delta more competitive, in the short term anyway; it would have maybe staved off the Delta bankruptcy filing (although like most of the airline Ch. 11 filings, it was premeditated, so was probably going to happen anyway); and, of course, the first thought that comes into the minds of pilots of other airlines, when one airline appears to be in its death throes is, 'Can we get some of their assets?'

So the President of the largest union representing his class and craft was eager to see 3,000 or so of his constituents put out onto the street, because he felt it would benefit him, personally.

Is this really the kind of "union" of which you would like to be a member, and support with your dues money?