Originally Posted by Gunga Din

You're right. I've never negotiated an airline contract but I have participated in negotiations with mediators and arbitration in a past life.

And you don't have to have a law degree to know what a group who's afraid of their own shadow looks like. You can spot them a mile away.

I want to support my union. I just want them to take the gloves off. Most of us still have plenty of fight. The rest of you can just thank us when it's over just like I thank the guys that had the stones to go on strike last time.