True Wino, and one complex problem seems to consist of cases where various employee groups are represented by the same union.
I just hope that the company can get the cash it needs to survive, and hopefully without having the government exerting much control on its Board of Directors. It had better keep its nose out of my company too.
When a company declares Chapter 11, the Bankruptcy judge can cut all contracts by a chunk, with little input from the union leaders, if I understand past airline struggles in the US. Whatever happens at United will have a significant effect upon the rest of the US airline industry, according to the Nov 27 "USA Today" newspaper's long article on airlines' troubles in the business section. Good luck United IAM and everybody else there.