Flying the Line Vol 1/2 covers the history of ALPA, from the early days of collective bargaining in a fledgling industry to the upheaval post-Deregulation. Covers lockouts, strikes, scabs, Lorenzo, and every variation in between that influences the decision of pilots and pilot groups to this day.

Hard Landing is a great insight into the viewpoint of airline management and how different tactics (namely Kelleher at Southwest and Crandall at American) were utilized for growth...and how those tactics influenced employee morale.

If you or anyone else can't find "professional development" from reading those historical perspectives of our industry and apply them to the circumstances of the last 20 or so years up to and including today...well, we're bound for another frakkin' Cylon loop because all of this has happened before and will happen again.