[B.O. Plenty]

Right....but what do you think of United also asking the courts for permission to offer bonuses and incentives to "upper management and executives"?

I admit that I am conflicted....Giving millions of dollars to upper management to continue to take the company down seems kind of an outrage...but on the other hand, United is operating in a hostile environment, with its customers being hassled and scrutinized by government agents before they even get to board an airplane.

But we can agree that union demands of the past and present are mostly responsible for all big industry's troubles today. Heck...Uniteds unions, as we speak, are demanding more, and are threatening a "walkout" if United goes thru with their plans.

[glorgau]

But we can agree that union demands of the past and present are mostly responsible for all big industry's troubles today

It was management (the people with a fiduciary duty to shareholders) that signed off on the contracts. Can't blame the unions for getting as much as they can.

[.cnI redruM]

We should let United completely cease operations. Ford, GM, or United needs to go completely belly-up and lie dead before anyone in either labor or management begins to behave responsibly.

Think of it as the Iacocca Effect. Since Iacocca sweet talked congress into bailing out Chrysler, no industry really believes it will suffer any inconvenience from an occasional bankruptcy or two.