I remember when Babbit was MEC at Eastern. The IAM was about to strike and the question came up as to whether the pilots would honor the picket line. That answer from Babbit and this bunch was "no way". We don't need a repeat of Continental '83.

There is a captain now at SWA who was a golfing buddy in Houston employed at EAL at the time. He was an ALPA volunteer and swore the MEC would not call a strike.

Then..... they did. Days before the strike there were numerous discussions and offers of CAL pilots who stayed out during the entire CAL strike, offering to address the MEC and convince them to stay in the seat and fight. No soap. Randy and his buddies were determined.

The rest is public history. EAL died- thousands lost their jobs.

Babbit recovered under a Demcratic administration and got a cush job at NMB...

A telephone pole in the road is what he deserves.