[B.O. Plenty]

These days airline unions abuse the process simply by waiting it out and then threatening to strike....(as do ALL unions)

...Nobody is going to get labor costs under control as long as union leadership is in charge...period.

Everybody is complaining about jobs going to Mexico, and most of the job loss can be traced to union leadership demands. You cannot tell me that the ordinary worker is so hard headed that he loses his job because industry cannot pay what union leadership demands.

What is needed is a law that restricts what union leadership can be paid. Set the salarys that any union "official" can be paid at, say, $25000 a year. Then the "officials" will truly have the best interest of the membership in mind....not getting a bigger raise and more power for themselves.....

[bobg]

NO WONDER WHY SOUTHWEST IS THE ONLY AIRLINES MAKING MONEY.
THEY OPERATE ON THE KISS PRINCIPLE...KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID.
I CAN FLY FROM LOUISVILLE TO ORLANDO ON SOUTHWEST FOR ABOUT $100. I RECENTLY FLEW TO ATLANTA, WHERE SOUTHWEST IS BANNED, AND THE COST OF 2.5 MORE FOR A SHORTER TRIP.