if it's any consolation to you AA guys, and it probably won't be, we here at CO have been sold out just as badly by our MEC as yours. and this trend is accelerating. look at the sell-out at NW and DL.

i know our MEC officers have been paid off, i just don't know how much or what form it's in.

we were told that the company's deadline, feb 28th, was "just another date on the calendar" and that the stuff the company wanted gave us great leverage to get what we needed in exchange for the "loan" we were going to give them. well, our negotiating committee worked long nights forking it all over to management. in the end, we had a deal on feb 28th that had ZERO upside. we lost a MAJOR portion of our retirement (not to worry, the rest of it will be stolen later), we lost pay, work rules, etc with ZERO snapbacks which means we'll be starting from scratch again in 5 years.

in the mean time, our CEO makes over six million a year and will probably leave with over $200 million in "career" earnings here, if you call less than 10 years a "career".

ALPA has failed MISERABLY in what should be its primary goal: defending the profession. instead, they cower in the corner, sign "partnership agreements" with the devil, and sell us out, airline by airline, in order to keep the dues pipeline open. only a miracle will save us now and the nazis, i mean, "management" have outlawed miracles.