Originally Posted by Old UCAL CA (Post 1980290)

Allow me...I'll be very quick.

The industry with the final three "legacies" and Southwest, is consolidated and fiercely competitive. No surviving management group at any surviving company is going to bless a deal that would put them at a competitive disadvantage with their industry peer companies. With an approximate +20% domestic market share at each of the four survivors, it minimizes the leverage obtainable from the NMB in a Sec 6 negotiation...too much potential for too much disruption. The MEC's likely did the best they could under consolidated circumstances.

There are a number of other issues related to your observation, but that's enough (no one reads this stuff anyways:)).

I truly wish you the best in Sec 6.

Originally Posted by krudawg (Post 1983549)

Ah here's a thought, the Economic Data for the United States is pointing towards some hard times ahead. Airline Management wants to avoid a "rich" contract with an economy that's slowing down.

Originally Posted by JoePatroni (Post 1983631)

Of course, putting $3 billion dollars in the bank instead of buying back shares may also have been a good idea but why pass up a chance to blame it on the employees?

Originally Posted by krudawg (Post 1983637)

I can't argue with you on that point. Thanks Joe

Originally Posted by oldmako (Post 1983690)

Golly, this is such a great job, I'd just about do it for free!!

Oh, wait. I already did that. How much did GT make? How much did PM make? How much did JS make?

FUPM

Originally Posted by Scrappy (Post 1983729)

This is a great gig. No one said doing it for free or we don't deserve more for our services. Apples to oranges.

Originally Posted by AllenAllert (Post 1983923)

You have to have had a good gig to know what a bad gig is - I guess to some the merger and it's aftermath was an improvement but that does not make it a good gig.