Low and Slow, how about letting the United guys worry about their own contract, and you worry about yours. They did what they felt like they had to. Plenty of hard choices were made by all UAL employees over the last few years. Nothing they did makes them a laughingstock. Would you respect them more if they held their ground, but United liquidated?
Any of you that ride on my jumpseat are welcome; rest assured that I won't make any "polite observations" about the choices you had to make.