American Airlines' APA President Sits Down With Terry Maxon
We had a whole list of things we needed to do yesterday, you know, real life things. (Not online things.)
As a result, we are playing catch-up today on some goings-on.
One of those was an interview in yesterday's Dallas Morning News with the president of the Allied Pilots Association, Lloyd Hill, and reporter Terry Maxon. Maxon also posted more material from his interview in his blog.
Reading through the interview, and the additional material, this was the key exchange between Lloyd and Terry for me.
"MAXON: What about management wanting to start with your concessionary contract and negotiate downward from there?
HILL: Disappointing.
MAXON: How likely is it that the APA at the end of the day will agree with management and accept such a contract?
HILL: It ain’t going to happen. If they decide to go down that road, it’ll be one of a long line of miscalculations they’ve made so far."
By the way, in visiting the Dallas Morning News website this morning, I couldn't help but notice the list of "most emailed stories" in the bottom right corner of the home page. Here are the top three:
Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki puts a premium on privacy
Embalmed heads found in I-30 truck
Tex-Mex Thanksgiving recipes
Yeah boy. Just what I like to see. Tex-Mex Thanksgiving recipes served with a side of embalmed heads.
Whew. No wonder Dirk wants to keep his private life private.
Then again, there was the list of the "most read" stories. Here are the top three in that category:
Woman kills herself after holding 2 hostage at Plano doctor's office
Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki puts a premium on privacy
Man's body found beside Farmers Branch road
Wonder if the man's body had a missing head?
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