Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Bingo.
Harwood wrote that to go after Bartels for one simple reason: He believes (and has convinced others) that Bartels ran a "misinformation" campaign and without him, the TA wouldn't have failed. There is nothing more to it than that.
Harwood is the token snake in the grass sore loser. His product got shot down, and he wants a scapegoat. Freaking pathetic. He can't accept that he under delivered and what was going to happen happened. He cannot accept that he failed...after all, he is the smartest man in the room.
Bartels is one vote. One. TA 2015 failed in an unprecedented manner for one reason: it was a poor product.
Agree 100%.
Harwood is a very smart guy. But his successes has lead him into denial when he failed. His message maybe true, but to catch an ear of folks again he must acknowledge his own failure, NA2015.
I voted yes for it and I know acknowledge it was a seriously flawed product that was promoted as a pathway to more mainline growth that was coming anyway. I believed ALPA when they said RA doesn't give 2nd chances and United will grab the 190s. Not only did more SNB aircraft come anyway it ended up being 75 state of the art Cseries instead of 20 ratted out E190s.
After profit sharing horse trade a 15% raise over 3 years is not remotely worth the sick leave changes and 75% of OE trips. A strong argument can be made that the concessions fully funded the raise. He and the rest of the Moakists that were cast out must realize they were overconfident, and misread the desires of the pilot group. They screwed up. It happens.
The smartest guy in the room is the guy that realizes his mistake and quickly learns from it.