lynyrdskynyrd said:
"Philosophical whitewash. I don't know Graceson from Adam, he may be sincere, just another joe swept up in the events of the last few years. But looking at the lowest common denominator, which one still has to do with usapa(they haven't even made amends for trying to trash real people's lives), all I can come up with is philosophical whitewash. Who knows, it might work. A lot of historical misdeeds have been overlooked and rationalized away. Kind of like the Indians.
"Until some things are made right, I can't accept what Graceson us trying to do. No matter how well meaning he may be."
I joined AWA in the late '80s. I've seen how the bankruptcy process has changed my airline…and my life. My colleagues and I are no strangers to sacrifice. You guys out east think you're unique and alone in this regard?
Neither you or I have influence over the economy, the industry. You, out east, are equally vulnerable to the market forces as we are. Ideally, AWA would have grown, with employees sharing in a pre and post-retirement economic security. Ideally U would have sustained a quality of life for your pre and post-retirement economic security. Neither you are I are responsible for the economic and industry forces that changed our lives. These external forces became the great equalizer. For different reasons, both of us are where we are – equally devastated.
I'm building a home, you're living in your home. A plane was hijacked and guided into both our properties. Now we look across the street at each other. There's an understanding. We'll both must begin by laying the first brick. No one has the advantage. An unfortunate sequence of events has become the great equalizer.
So to summarize… Through fate, fortune, or misfortune, we've joined with you to rebuild. But now, you demand the tangibles you no longer have, reaped from the very real tangibles we've worked, sacrificed, and earned.
But the frosting on this cake is that we agreed, in good faith, to abide by an arbitrator's neutral and binding decision. Regardless of the means and methods, regardless of extenuating circumstances, we would have honored that agreement in good faith. But they did not, and will not…
Now, LCC has accepted our seniority list, delivered by ALPA. USAPA has delivered its own version of a seniority list, which is not the accepted list. Parker pleads that he is compelled by existing conventions to negotiate only with the current CBA. He holds the accepted seniority list in one hand while looking at USAPA's list laying on the table. He confesses he cannot prudently move his corporation into the gunsights of one side or the other. Because the SLI is key in the valuations of any agreement, he cannot reasonably negotiate any section of the contract which might be affected in any degree.
Parker prudently hits the pause button until Silver responds to his request for Declatory Judgment. But now events have changed. A merger is within his reach. He's sending mixed signals. He's mumbling something about McCaskill-Bond, something about a three-way. He's unsure.
To protect our rights and interests, we need to critically discern every conceivable scenario. We need to define the probability of the most likely scenario first.
With the gaining momentum of a merger, what is the most likely opening shot? What is the most likely event?
