Right, but Clinton did not let AA go down the tubes, he merly told the pilots to get back to work at their already adequate salary, and keep talking.
UAL is probably going to loose employees, routes and there will be cuts in pay.
I don't know hwat all went wrong at UAL, but having been around for a while I'd say that like at PanAm and Eastern it is not one sided. Not all the mechanics who were fired were innocent, not all the management's technical decisions were un-evadable, I have been involved in one minor FAA hearing and heard of others were the FAA did step on managements toes big time for trying to intimidate mechanics.
It has always taken two to tango, and ultimately there is the question, if UAL was such a hell hole to work in, why did all these outspoken, agressive, motivated people who post with better ideas not quit? Particularly when the economy was at its peak. Where have all the 100k autorepair jobs gone? The elevator repairman jobs?