Kugelblitz
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- Jan 12, 2006
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I am no huge fan of our management, but it is utterly absurd to think that a component in the dissolution of this merger was pilot pay. Larry has even admitted himself that he knows he is going to have to pay us on this next contract. From his standpoint, locking us into a contract at the extant UAL rates would probably be a better deal than dealing with the irate membership at this point.
I think those of you who think this pilot pay theory is at all germane to the collapse of the merger negotiations are simply in denial about UAL's situation. There is little doubt at this point that UAL is in danger of becoming a new TWA in the sense of a hopeless business model and selling of vital, strategic routes to keep itself solvent for the day. I certainly don't wish to see this happen to those of you employed there, but it is a real possibility at this juncture.
To suggest that CAL is so fixated on keeping us pilots poor that they scuttled a deal that would have personally enrichend management handsomely is to obfuscsate the reality of UAL's critical financial circumstances.
I think those of you who think this pilot pay theory is at all germane to the collapse of the merger negotiations are simply in denial about UAL's situation. There is little doubt at this point that UAL is in danger of becoming a new TWA in the sense of a hopeless business model and selling of vital, strategic routes to keep itself solvent for the day. I certainly don't wish to see this happen to those of you employed there, but it is a real possibility at this juncture.
To suggest that CAL is so fixated on keeping us pilots poor that they scuttled a deal that would have personally enrichend management handsomely is to obfuscsate the reality of UAL's critical financial circumstances.