Although ex-United CEO Jim Goodwin's comments about UA's future may have been ill advised, they take on considerable merit if there is a strike in the post 9/11 environment. (Was Goodwin perhaps alluding to this strike possibility without actually saying so?)

I believe we all lose if an airline as large as United were to go under. Remember, very few seemed to believe it would actually happen to Eastern Airlines either.

Of course, my preference would be that management and labor get their differences sussed out on their own but if they can't do so in a timely manner, I'm all for Dubya steppin' in.