Originally Posted by
ross9238
The only reason that Spirit was able to strike was because they are not providing as much lift as any of the legacies or maybe even some majors and regionals (not sure of the numbers). The strike would've never happened if it was at one of the above.
Exactly. The big regionals like RAH have created environments where they would never be released from the NMB. It would be catastrophic for legacy airlines to lose feed overnight like that.
And like the other poster said, a wildcat strike would cause lawsuits against the union. That's why there has to be a vote to decertify the union, then an immediate walkout. No lawsuit, nobody can do anything about it. But it would take some serious cajones by the union leadership at RAH to publicly get this ball rolling.