Originally Posted by Golden Bear (Post 1296793)

The whole piece just goes to show how far the discussion has moved to the right and how labor is viewed solely as a problem to be dealt with and overcome. Maybe they're going for a whole "fair and balanced" thing by giving time to opposing viewpoints, but this a piece that would be much more at home in the WSJournal.

If this is indeed the viewpoint of the new left media, labor in general, and airline pilots specifically, are screwed in the PR world. Look how the whole Twinkie bankruptcy played out recently: unionized labor would not agree to necessary cuts, so the whole company was shut down and EVERYONE lost their jobs. No real discussion of mismanagement, macro-economic factors, etc. Just "unions are bad and kill jobs".

I hope ALPA, APA, and SWAPA are all over this in tomorrow's Letters to the Editor.