UAL's management (aka Godwin) made a deal with the Devil and agreed with the pilots' back-breaking salary demands in order to gain their compliance for the proposed UAL-USairways deal. Godwin needed their help to facilitate the deal. In the process, he has screwed the airline - and he doesn't take any responsibility for that.
That guy should be FIRED QUICKLY and a restructuring plan should be hashed out quickly.
I heard that UAL's schedule may be reduced by 1/3 - that's a good start. Of course, the UAL pilots will likely get VERY UPSET should less-costly and lower-capacity commuter operations be used in place of higher-capacity aircraft in a down market...
C'mon - let's focus on saving the airline and adopt a long-term perspective... I'm tired of the constant squabbling.