Randy Canale Quotations

Too many airlines have been forced into bankruptcy, never to return. ...The terms of this recovery proposal will help protect United Airlines, our members and their families.

Too many airlines have been forced into bankruptcy, never to return,

A major obstacle the carrier must overcome is recruiting and retaining qualified employees. United is understaffed at many locations, and its reputation as an employer who breaks promises, eliminates benefits, forces confrontations and destroys pensions does little to help recruitment.

These IAM members can now move beyond the years of sacrifice that marked their employment at United during the past eight years. Many employees took substantial pay cuts in 1994 to protect their jobs and prevent a breakup of the airline proposed by previous management.

The empty suits at UAL world headquarters are dropping their bags of money only long enough to pat themselves on the back for a job well done. The fact is that United survived in spite of its current leadership, not because of it. The true heroes of this shameful bankruptcy ordeal are the IAM members and other front-line employees who work every day at reduced rates while delivering a first-rate product.