"Meat on the butcher block. That's a good way to put it."
Source: Charlotte, NC, Machinists union leader
Bill Wise in an interview with ANN shortly before the merger
between US Airways and America West was announced Thursday,
describing how his members feel about being left out of the loop on
talks between the airlines. Wise, a US Airways mechanic, said
union leaders were told nothing of the merger talks until news of
the negotiations reached the media. He said he was shocked to learn
that the negotiations had been conducted in secret for 14
months.