You are absolutely right. However, I ask what a corporate guy should think/say/do when regularly furloughed/retired airline guys try to take his job. Why would that guy feel any allegiance to the union? What you suggest may be the law, but it is kind of like allowing someone to shoot at you, but you can't shoot back.

You should also make note of the fact that I voted with my feet and did what I thought was right; honor the picket line. I'm simply suggesting that I understand the motivation of many of those who crossed.

More importantly, on the CAL side, that war was won/lost 30 years ago. Most of the guys on this board did not have a dog in the race. As a matter of fact, I doubt that there are 100 strikers left on the CAL seniority list. ALPA, your/our union, made peace with the scabs at CAL. If you still want to harass the scabs, then I suppose it is your right.

BTW, I understand your issues, I'm just suggesting that there are issues on the other side. On the other hand, and this may be the most important issue of all, I doubt that all the rancor makes for the safest of cockpits. If it is your career and/or life ending prematurely, then it makes no difference whether the fight was righteos or not.