Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
Each company tries to do better than the previous did as far as pay rates/work rules go. In 2000, UAL got their big fat contract. DAL used UAL's as the starting point to go bigger. AA was up next, 9/11 killed it.
Sounds like a petty good setup back then. I wonder how long it will take to get back to the "jacking up the house" mentality. God knows the industry needs it right now.