Originally Posted by
Probe
I have been at UAL for 20 years. Over the course of that 20 years, American pilots have been compensated considerably higher than we have for probably 15 of those years (maybe 16). We got a huge contract in 2000 that lasted 2 years, and we finally got back to that level 10 months ago. I think looking at a short window of time in the last year, and wanting to $#itcan your union because of that would be very short sighted.
A friend of mine at USair said APA was the biggest breath of fresh air he had seen in 30 years.
That's because Delta, NWA, and United all filed for bankruptcy 10-12 years ago and essentially had contract terms imposed on them by a bankruptcy judge. American pilot agreed to cuts, but not as steep as those taken by the pilots at carriers who filed for bankruptcy protection.