Nicely done, AA pilots! From everything I've read, it sounds like you learned from other airlines like United who thought voting yes would lessen the blow that management had planned on dealing anyway. This way, any imposed agreement only lasts until you exit bankruptcy, not 6-10 years.

I do have a question for someone who knows the RLA. If the judge abrogates the contract, do the pilots of AA not have the right to withdraw their services in the form of a strike? Otherwise, it starts to sound a lot like slavery to me. If someone tells me that they're not going to pay me a fair wage and I have no choice but to show up and fly my trip, how is that not a form of slavery? I know the individual can resign, but could the pilot group as a whole give the company the finger?