And Continental has been some wonderful place to work since the strike there in the 1980s??? Tell me all about the wonderful contracts and great labor management relations at CAL for the last 25 years.
There aint a whole lot, I'll agree with you. There is however one recent instance where I was proud of CAL: When they backed out of the deal with UAL. CAL's Kellner didn't mouth off with some BS comment like: We'd be happy to take part of UAL. Or: The widebodies would be fine, but we don't want any of the employees. Or: Tell UAL to go into BK first, then we'll be interested. Nope. The guy just bowed out. A simple, professional: No thanks. Furthermore, you didn't hear any of that same BS out of CALALPA leadership. There was no: This should be a purchase, not a merger. Or: UAL pilots are general practioners, CAL pilots are brain surgeons.
You can't tell me UAL or UALALPA would have done the same if things were reversed.