Continental is recalling Pilots

[Shrek]

You are absolutely correct. This HAS to be done by the end of the year. We have all the bargaining power in the world right now.

Then we can expect an Industry Leading (which isn't hard to achieve nowadays) over the Holidays. They will offer low-lying fruit until the middle of DEC in hopes of the pilot group buckling - I don't see that happening.

You aren't going to hit them with what is right or wrong or what should be a fair contract for your employees that make them the bonuses. But that JV is one of the big keys to their merger sucess (which equals bigger bonuses for the combined BOD).

You hit them in the wallet......HARD and they will blink first guaranteed; if there is a threat to that river of revenue. If we do this right - we can virtually WRITE our own contract.

Scope-pay-work rules - all of it.