Respectfully, I'm not sure that's a fair comment. Like I said, I'm not a fan of unions and for the most part, many of them are pretty stupid in their demands. GM workers don't pay anything for their pension plan for example - what's up with that? AZ unions went on strike to protest bankruptcy measures - well duh!

But for the points made, they all result in lower pay. Obviously, no one wants to be paid less. But let's take things in perspective. If a worker is paid a lot to do not very much, then by all means - take away the vacation and the sick days and for sure, create a new lower pay scale for new employees. But if workers are paid more or less what others in similar jobs make, then the reductions outlined will hurt.

I'm not sure what an AC employee makes and I'm not sure what their vacation allotment is. I'm not even sure what airline employees make generally. But on the surface, I think the reductions as outlined bear consideration in current and future decisions by AC Management.

And absolutely, the last thing that should happen would be to make cuts on the backs of the workers, then pay million-dollar bonuses to the execs. Izzy Sharp said it best - one of the worst things to do is say that employees are number one, then in action put them last. AC is on the brink of bankruptcy. Right now everyone needs to share the pain and do their bit to prevent that from happening. That includes the execs.