Originally Posted by
Beans
Guppie, agree with some of your points but, how do you credit Obama and his administration for contract gains? Name what airlines struck during his administration. The gains made are directly correlated to a pilots ability to say "no" to a insuficiant offer. Plus the gains made in the past 8 years doesn't even come close to what has been lost in the past 25 years. Obama policies demolished union labor during his 8 years in office.
Let's take a look at ALPA during the Obama administration. We added Frontier, Jet Blue, and Virgin America. Got FAR 117. And inked some incredible contracts using pattern bargaining.
You're right, "demolished" seems appropriate. 😉