There is nothing that can be done to stop individual pilots from applying their will. Your regional airline needs you to have a union, its their free police department to keep you in line. The union is your weakness, its what keeps you attached to the RLA, the topic of this thread. I would much rather engage alpa or lawyers and pay a $500 one time fee to negotiate a new contract when needed then cut them loose.

Let's say your have 1000 pilots on the payroll. If 500 of them decide to apply pressure and there is either-

1.) No Union
2.) A disbanded union
3.) A union that strongly does everything in its power to stop the actions (something APA and DALPA never did)

The company will unsuccessfully attempt to deal with pilots collectively, but there is no single structure to do so. It's why those animals in the middle east are so successful with their misdeeds- there is no central organization to deal with.

500 of 1000 pilots cannot be fired for just doing their jobs extremely well, cannot be sued for just doing their jobs, there is no organization to sue, there is no organization to deal with.

That's my argument.