Originally Posted by
Josephus
As usual, big, far reaching platitudes like this sound good...
Yes, and this one:
Should our airlines provide well-paid jobs and a secure career for the men and women who service the public at airports, and fly and maintain the aircraft we travel on? ....
is also ironic, coming from the architect of the draconian B-scale at AMR (50% pay cut from the existing rate, never merging to A-scale), which he obtained by threatening to outsource flying. Crandall was a major player in the "race for the bottom", and I doubt that he has repented.