Originally Posted by Big John

Everyone,

REHAB VS JAIL

Taking short-term paycuts is an issue we’re going to be faced with in the next few days. Short-term paycuts on their own won’t save the corporation, but the government bailout that follows them certainly will. The US government is not going to lend billions of dollars to a primarily unionized industry without gathering scalps first.

Will giving up short term paycuts save United? Maybe. I know that if we don’t take them and don’t receive the government bailout, Chapter 11 is assured.

I voted NO on every single contract vote we took on C2003 and C2005, and there were a lot. Once you enter Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the dynamic changes: they’re no longer asking, and it’s a cash grab to pay the banks and themselves. The only people that lose are the employees: I was making $95 per hour with 14 years at United after it was all said and done. If that doesn’t scare the crap out of you, I don’t know what will.

Look, Oscar is a good CEO, but I hate the rest of the a**holes (Tilton, Kirby, Goodwin, Dutta, Attarian) that have run this company as much as the next United guy. This time is different: hotels, cafes, bars, restaurants, movements, sports and schools are all affected.

Rehab is 90 days and no one is trying to rape you. Well, maybe a little bit. Jail is longer and a hell of a lot rapier.

Vote how you have to vote. We just have to make sure we’re getting a fair deal, which means everyone is getting screwed equally.

Good luck to us all.

Big John