They will get paid.

why pay down our debt so we can take over all of JetBlue’s?

Gates, slots, market share and most importantly, mainline fare pricing power/inelastic demand.

9.42 billion dollars worth of debt for gates at JFK. I don’t think so, or I really hope not.

I think it would be smarter to let AA merge and then get the gates.

BOS, EWR, FLL, LAX, MCO. But you’re right of course, debt service mitigation will define any deal. Above all, SK is a numbers cross dresser:)

I’m rarely right about anything, but you’re correct about SK

That’s not what they saw at your interview or in training. You know, 9b ain’t what it once was. Musk paid what, 5x more for twitter? SK’s stage stunt won’t be soon forgotten. But his continued success puts it all in perspective. Everyone makes mistakes. Talent is what sells & what United buys.
https://youtu.be/v0KpfrJE4zw?si=8ILFK6W0pfswcPy4

Mark Twain for the win. Anything distributed from a massive bureaucracy to the population via rationing is guaranteed to be highly inefficient, cost prohibitive, and imbedded in corruption.

What is our corporate for-profit healthcare system, other than exactly what you describe?

(I'm not in favor of a nationalized healthcare system. But we spend a staggering amount of our GDP on healthcare...twice the average of other developed countries. And our outcomes are middling at best. We are lucky to have excellent coverage at UAL, but we are a tiny minority. For most people, navigating the American healthcare system when you have a health issue is an infuriating, maddening, soul-destroying experience. That's assuming you can get coverage in the first place.

Sure they will get paid eventually but many of them live paycheck to paycheck and the longer this goes on the more they have to dip into their savings (if they have any). If you are being told to go to work, your check should show up on-time.. this IOU garbage is ridiculous.

Comparing section 6 to this shutdown is disingenuous, our checks still come on time when our contracts become amenable..