Originally Posted by
metsfan1962
I didn't mean to say it was like Eastern in terms of ceasing operation. What I'm saying is that just like at Eastern, you have an employee union which would rather see the company go bk than give an inch. Full pay to the last day is their motto. Although I think the hatred towards management at Eastern was quite a bit more intense Even the cusomers had formed a "WHEAL" group (We Hate Eastern Airlines).
I fully agree with you. As an aside, Eastern's liquidation actually resulted in a surplus. And AA's unions feel exactly the same way that the EA unions did - they're the biggest. But since AA played at least some role in the failures of Braniff, Eastern, and Pan Am, it is sort of nice to see them get some of their own medicine. But I really think deregulation has a lot to do with it as well.