Originally Posted by AxlF16

So you want to lobby Congress to fund buyouts for senior United pilots? How many pilots do you want them to fund, and how many pilots do you want to buy out? Total price? I'm rounding down and going conservative low with my guess... One thousand pilots at an average buyout of $300k gives us a $300M price tag. How would you make that case to the taxpayer? I'm sure they'll be mesmerized by your immigrant and commercial tanker stories.