Originally Posted by
20Fathoms
You may be right, but as a fellow double-breasted admiral I hope you’re wrong. American going into bankruptcy would be disastrous for everyone across the industry. Delta would immediately come crying to our MEC saying they needed lower pay rates to compete with AAs bankruptcy contract. We should be drinking a toast to all the legacies financial health, regardless of who we work for.
I’m sure that everyone at AA/DL/WN/UA was thinking that in 1980, or they were too busy licking their chops at the prospect of taking TWA/Eastern/Pan Am flying. I know my guess.
Or, all of the USAir guys demanding super seniority over regional pilots.
Or, all the APA stapling the TWA guys.
Funny how perspective changes when the machine gun splashes are walking up to your lifeboat.