Goldengoose, welcome to FlyerTalk and thanks for your thoughts. It's not always so gloomy around here... stick around for brighter days to come.

Like you, however, I don't see how UA arrests that terrible cash burn rate. The unions couldn't be persuaded to act in the airline's best interest in order to MAKE money. Will they persuaded to do so when the reward is smaller paychecks and narrower benefits?