411A posted "Actually Redtail, from reports in the aviation press, US Air has a much better chance than UAL...they bit the bullet big time (had NO other choice)."
Um, maybe not big enough, as US Airways had to go back for round two of concessions (and lay offs) from the employees. Two more rounds and they will reach the EAL line. At my station, the local US Airways employees are taking furlough rather than relocate in the system, as they feel it is pointless to spend the money to move for a company that will soon go out of business.
As for UAL, I am surprised and glad the IAM stood their ground and is trying to force UAL to have a business plan that makes economic sense, rather than just trying to band-aid their problems through cutting labor costs. What's going to happen when the bankruptcy judge decides that UAL has no other plan than running on inertia and listening to the press?