Originally Posted by
svergin
I don't remember exactly what we were ever really 1st in. It certainly wasn't the pilot contract. Travel awards don't count since they are paid for by management. The largest we ever got was 5th largest airline, and that was only because DAL and NWA merged.
The only thing CAL was 1st in was convincing us to work cheap to make the airline great and then having us believe we were the "best".
Although I loathed the pay, the rank and file ground staff did their jobs and the airline ran like a top. It is important for the ground staff employees to show up and perform.