To the original claim that inflation is “out of control”, it’s currently below 2.5% & it’s been in the neighborhood of 3 for well over a year now. I get that some people are still feeling the squeeze of the post-COVID economy but while prices remain high, inflation itself is not an ongoing problem.

For us at UAL, the last contract basically trued us up to the major inflation of 21/22 & the built in annual increases exceed current economic trends. Sure, anything can happen, but if it does, we’ll have to deal w/ it during our next negotiations, which are still a few years off. More useful right now to learn the current contract really well & focus on enforcement. I’m all for making big gains when the time comes.