darkclouds
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Busdrvr said:For the record, the employees of UAL don't enjoy "languishing" in BK either. but lets consider some of the reasons UAL is still in BK. Among them is the stupid gamble YOUR management played with YOUR job as the stakes. Had companies like NWA NOT lobbied against the first ATSB application, then UAL would have been given a good bit of time to "fix" itself outside of BK, with wages at a respectable level. Then at the second try, NWA thought UAL dumping it's A plans would be good for the industry, and lobbied against UAL again. Maybe if NWA had been working on it's business plan instead, they wouldn't be in dire straits, hiring up strike breakers. Karma's a b1tch
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Busdrvr,
Don't forget the half dozen times Northwest would not go along with the fare increases the other major had tried to pass, and they increases collapsed. While at the same time they were asking the employees for pay cuts.
Northwest management was trying to put financial pressure on the weaker players and the employees appeared to be onboard. I didn't read one forum post about Northwest asking for paycuts and reduced benefits while the bosses were not raising airfares. Where was the outrage?