I don't think they helped break the strike, they broke the strike. We had a number of former EAL FEs at Seaboard World. At one of my furlough jobs we had two DC8 crews. Both Captains were retired EAL, one was the long term MEC Chairman. Both FEs were former EAL. One had crossed the FEIA picket line. He was also over age 60 and had retired as a EAL pilot. The other FE was much younger and refused the offer to cross and be put on the pilot seniority list. Rather than being at EAL as a Captain he was at a Dominican airline as a FE. The job would only last one year. It gets easier after airline #10!