Originally Posted by
JoePatroni
The last contract, plus the extension, were nowhere close to being negotiated in a concessionary environment.
You are right, and they were steps in the right direction. I’m not saying that we need to give in, I’m saying that so much has been taken, or given up, that one contract isn’t going to get everything that people think that we should. The impact of 9/11 was huge. It changed the industry. Airlines declared bankruptcy and gutted labor contracts. Don’t expect one contract to fix everything.