Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Entirely possible that UA is looking to make a public example of somebody, just to put the scare in other contractors and even mainline employee groups. Nothing is as sobering as the liquidation of a seniority-based employer.
To your point... C5 vs. EV will barely be a drop in UALs bucket of red ink either way. I kind of suspect they already know what they're going to do and are just building up to it for dramatic impact.
It is a deliciously diabolical plan. They save a few pennies, get rid of some feed they don't need and break the back of pattern based bargaining in the process. All it takes is one domino.
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