Oh yeah, He's certainly "dead on" if old guys keep calling the shots.
Watch as I beat a dead horse. Bringupthebird is a pragmatic. He's long on problems and has no answers. Gust Avrakotos described his type in Charlie Wilson's War: "He's a tool, he's a cake-eater, he's a clown, he's a bad station chief, and I don't like to cast aspertions on a guy but he's going to get us all killed". He's already decided health care is a target and that there is no more money available. He likes to believe that because it makes him more comfortable with the only real plan he has which is stick a knife in someone's back. He's a typical old guy type and an ALPA bootlicker. The problem is that there is a better way. You have to check out www.rrb.gov. Rail workers don't have this because they work for the railroad. In fact not all railroad workers get access to the RRB. They have this because they work under the RLA. RRB benefits have been recently strengthened and in fact ten years ago they lowered full retirement age. Any question one might have about health care, disability, survivor benefits, retirement income etc, etc is in there. There is no way airline workers should suffer another day under the RLA and not be included in RRB. But, the message falls on deaf, old ears. ALPA leaders realize RRB solves about half the problems that make up the need for the union. And, as it's always been, it's too easy to backstab. The baby boomers like easy...
