I have a friend of a friend who was tied up in either the continental or United (don't remember which) strike. He was a new hire in sim training, obviously on probation, when the strike happened. The instuctors/management told them they didn't have a choice, had to show up or they'd get fired, and that because they were new and in training it wasn't flying struck work or crossing the picket line. Seems innocent enough to me, but he is on the scab list and he will forever fly as a scab. If I was new to the industry that would seem like the right course of action. This guy was getting out of the military and had no other job and no airline or union experience. At least that's the 2nd hand story I was told, though I've never talked to the guy. So I don't know how true it is. But some people just get stuck in bad situations.

The freedom A list isn't a part of the scab list, though. Although once when I worked at Mesa and was jumpseating, the US Air CA looked up his freedom A list to make sure I wasn't on it before allowing me to ride.