Jim Higgins
Jim Higgins
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I've never seen that level of retro pay. The whole notion of retro pay is a relatively new issue for the airline industry.
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The stock prices (Friday) are telling you two completely different things, ... Investors are very confused what is possible and what is not.
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Delta's hard stance is aimed at trying to get the president to intervene. It's increasingly clear this may have much broader implications.
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Delta's hard stance is aimed at trying to get the president to intervene, ... It's increasingly clear this may have much broader implications.
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Compensation costs are going up. United has seen to that,
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You really can't put a railroad in play in an traditional sense. But he could be trying to prompt other changes. There are two attractive pieces of Sea-Land left. This could accelerate their interest in selling that.
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We understand that proposed non-labor benefits include such items as full estimated benefit of the alliance with US Airways -- items whose economic value is uncertain in amount and timing, ... Everything we see in this glimpse at a key piece of UAL's loan application suggest a low probability that they will grant approval.
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She showed wisdom way beyond her age and delivered a result for that gentleman that we could only hope to achieve in every situation,
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Mr. McCourt was a great person and a great educator.
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My understanding is that the single greatest gap is on the Delta Express issue. Management is saying we need to enlarge it, and pilots saying we don't want it at all. That's a pretty big gap, so I'd be surprised if they reach an agreement today.
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Phase three is going to be the really tough one. They need phase three to make this a viable company.
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We are just hoping to give these people a good start. Most of these agencies are trying to make their life better, so we are trying to give them a good start on that.
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Without those concessions, we think approval of the loan is unlikely,
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I think the Delta Express issue is proving to be intractable, ... ALPA hates the two-tier pay scale. Delta needs that, and needs more of it, if it's going to compete.