Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
Yes....and they divided their group into thirds. The top third took a 10% ALV cut, the middle third a 20% ALV cut and the bottom third a 50% cut all in an attempt to eliminate furloughs(lots of other moving parts in there) But still, I stand by the assertion that most Delta posters opining about their deal were uniformly negative and expressed a sentiment of "UAL sold us (Delta) down the river".
When does reading the tea leaves properly constitute being astute and when does it just become "luck"?
UAL guy here. Just thought I’d chime in on your post.
Any UAL pilot that took the time and understood there was a long game gamble being placed voted yes.
IMHO, anyone against it was looking at “how does it affect me today” vice where we will be at some point in the not too distant future.
Those that complain loudly were in the former group. And most of them are now coming around.
I won’t try and compare your solution to ours. I will say that we don’t have the UNA option you do so that wasn’t on the table.
A long bet was made. In the end thanks to continued government cheese (factored in to our strategy) we made a good deal on this.
Yes, luck was involved but I’d rather be lucky than good. In this case, we were both IMHO.
Yall take care!
Lee