Originally Posted by
CVG767A
Would you respect them more if they held their ground, but United liquidated?
Absolutely not, I agree that they did what they had to do, or the MEC felt they needed to do, for the airline to survive.
My disbelief centers on the present. Almost a year out of bankruptcy, it's reported that many UAL pilots still give away the contract like the sky is falling. The idea apparently is that if they waive this or that, the company will survive. When Q3 earnings are reported, it's estimated that UAL will be sitting on over $5 Billion in cash (up almost $3 Billion in a year) most of it on the backs of labor. The CEO took a healthy raise, and talks almost singularly about mergers.
Your advise to let UAL pilots take care of themselves is sound, although I must say that I don't understand the group mentality over there.