gettinbumped

Andy,

The current MC got played LIKE A FIDDLE by being "friendly", which is why we don't have a contract right now. No contract, no seniority integration. No seniority integration, serious lack of merger synergies. Etc. etc.

I encourage you to contact your MC and ask how many representatives from ALPA were on the hill at the DOJ during the time that the merger approval process. Did you notice how the pace of negotiations went from hero to zero as soon as the merger was approved?

Unfortunately, we are not dealing with SWA management. We are dealing with UAL management. If you need a lesson on how they treat their pilot group, you shouldn't have to look back too far. I remember distinctly when Glenn Tilton came to United and said something to the effect that we will never be a successful company unless we bury the hatched between management and labor. Within MONTHS, he was quoted as saying "Pilot morale is not my problem" as he BOMBED us with a waxing for the ages; most of which even THEY now admit they didn't need.

I take personal offense to the "burn the house down" comment. I, and you, have sacrificed greatly to keep this company alive. It would have been extremely easy to burn the house down during the Ch 11 process, and perhaps we should have. I'll give you Whiteford's gaffes.... unbelievable.

For you to suggest that the pilots are mostly to blame for where we/United are/is today while ignoring 9/11, SARS, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, NASDAQ crash of 1999, world economic collapse of 2008, $145 oil, etc. etc. is simply ridiculous. I'm certainly not saying we are perfect, and I'm as peeved off at ALPA for age 65, the E-170 jets, and botching the leverage we had during the early days of this merger, but we are NOT the main cause of our own troubles.

I hope you have found successful and long-term stable employment while on furlough so that you don't have to come back to this mess... it doesn't sound like you want to be here.