I never said you had to give up anything to get anything. I did say you have to negotiate. More importantly both sides have to agree. Either side is not FORCED to agree with a proposal if they don’t feel the pressure. If United senior management says “we can’t have this deal screwing up our multi billion dollar United Next plan, go get it done whatever the cost” then you will see their negotiators agreeing to a lot more of our proposals. Conversely, if the MEC tells the negotiators that they are willing to wait until the right deal comes down the line and they don’t care how long it takes, then our negotiators are not going to be so quick to agree to some of the Company’s proposals if it doesn’t serve our better interests. This is how it works. Being a person that walks in and bangs your fist against the table and say “take this cram down or we will see you on the picket line” is not going to achieve that goal no matter what either side is willing to take.


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