Originally Posted by btwissel

yes, because management of airlines are such sterling performers.

like taking your$1bn profit and trying to buy an airline that's $500m in the hole (and a direct competitor to boot) and then giving up after blowing through that profit.

or letting a regional strong-arm you into buying them, just in time to suffer from them striking.

by the way, unions have brought you:

weekends
safe working conditions
40hr work weeks
overtime pay
health care
a standard of service/product
a decent living


there are reasons that the middle class started to appear in the late 1800s. unions arose that started taking care of their own and keeping the bosses from using them just like any other maching in the shop.