Folks,
IMO, the simple fact is that Goodwin failed to get the UAL employees on board before announcing the UAL/US Air deal. This just gave Rick Dubinsky the opportunity to back up the ALPA pay truck to UAL's loading dock and reward a "non protagonist" attitude with a deserved payraise.
411A..UAL's upper echelon "earned" over $10 Million a PIECE for their stewardship. You really want to tell me they can justify that reward?
United WILL survive. Clearly, new management is needed (they've not had any for the past two years!). If UAL enters Chapter 11 it won't be the end of the World. What 411a and his kind fail to realize is that we need to leave this profession in a better state than we found it. 411a and guv (PrIcK) always lean toward blaming "greedy" employee goups. They've been wrong before (a time or two) and they're wrong YET AGAIN.
That's why they'll never ammount to anything.