Virtually all newspapers in the large markets are owned by one of a handful of media conglomerates.
The business pages of these newspapers are anything but liberal--they reflect the infatuation with the "Senior Management Oligarchy" that, until the Wall St. debacle, ran the country.
Articles like this might as well have been printed in Centerport (and my well have) and faxed over to the paper.
APA's demands are reflective of the fact that, during good times, management can drag out negotiations indefinitely, knowing that there's nothing (especially in APA's case) the union can do to exert pressure and speed things up. The RLA is weighted totally in management's favor these days.
All AMR had to do was wait until the mini-rally was over and now they cry poor. Sorry, FUPM.
Some pilot group has to stand up and declare that our worth is not elastic. Management has declared that THEY are worth it--why is it wrong for those of us who make the machine work to make the same claim?
Those who started the airline unions faced violence, jail and unemployment because of their actions. Why should we be afraid of a newspaper article?
TC
