Originally Posted by WutFace

This is nonsense. Alaska has had industry leading margins for the last 7 years, so where's your industry leading contract?

The truth of the matter is that operational margins don't produce contracts, strong negotiations do. Say the Alaska pilots do what you suggest, what they've done since Mac McGee, and deliver a "quality product" without much fuss. What will happen? An industry leading contract? No. You'll get a pat on the head and whatever scraps will get you 50%+1.

So for you to preach from the same playbook that has failed this group time and time again is absolute idiocy.