Originally Posted by
APC225
That is the tarot card part of these downturns, 9/11 more than any in our lifetime. Were concessions to survive real, or just an opportunity of a lifetime for to them to take back all the gains made by a generation of pilots. Execs brought up in the 1980s bust the union ferver had to see this as a unique opportunity.
In my opinion, the opportunity to break the pattern of union wins at the bargaining table was too good to pass up.
They could have taken different routes. But the chance to screw labor was too juicy to pass up.
At that point in time, all the pilot groups were getting ready to negotiate big increases.
Here we go again.......What will derail our hopes and dreams this tiime?