700UW,
What I find interesting is that instead of debating the issues or the facts you shoot the messenger or personally attack people. The only person who looks bad or immature is you. As I said you're easier to make look bad or play than playing a $2 fiddle.
Let me ask you a few questions since you want to hijack this thread.
1. Is it better to serve other people and help the company or be self serving and focus on your self?
2. Does Doug Parker have more or less motivation to help certain employees or an employee group if these employees take an extra step to help all of US Airways' stakeholders interested in the business enterprise's success?
3. If an employee group does not want to support US Airways merging with AA should Doug give in to extortion or use management's RLA advantage to get a union's attention and delay contract improvements?
If a union or union members take steps that cause their members to wait longer for contract improvements that's certainly their choice, which I respect. But, let's not forget I believe a union that fights with management under current circumstances will be ignored, which could extend the time union members obtain pay raises that will boost the profit sharing payment to other employee groups.
There is nobody who wants to see US Airways' many fine IAM members see improved pay and benefits, but the so-called "tough guy" approach and extortion will never work because the RLA stacks the deck in management's favor, but it's a union's choice.