UPS is a trucking Company with airplanes. FDX is a small package, high margin delivery company (can you imagine if we charged $12 to $44 a pound one way for pax? How about a $250 bag fee? ) and SWA is a way too expensive bus line.

Our competitive set is (ugh) American, (cough) United, and US Air. We should also consider AirFrance, Virgin and maybe Emirates, Singapore and British Airways.

To get our pay rates up we need better hegemony within ALPA and leadership at the international level. Lee Moak for ALPA President makes sense for us.

Apologies for the link to the US management meeting at Parker's house.