Have even just 1 uniformed pilot with a picket sign stand out in front of the outstation in ABE, ONT, etc. where the ATI, ABX, Atlas crews are discharged from the hotel van and hang or tape up picket signs on the route where the crew van has to approach the outstation. A picket line can be just one person... "Hey, I'm just the first one here". During the IBT Strike in 1997, I did this in SDF with signs that I got from the IBT office and hung them up all the way down Standiford Avenue.. Also, the IPA pilots set up a van at the choke point of Standiford Lane and Standiford Avenue with a video camera, where the subcontractor crews would have to drive by the "picket line"... That gave all the other Part 135 subcontractor pilots, all with no union contracts protecting them from crossing picket lines, protection in saying that they felt threatened. If you get just one crewmember to feel "threatened", wink wink and not fly, the plane doesn't move and IBT Local 1224 gets one more battle won, also disrupting the system. It worked before and can work again.

Few subcontractors crossed, including ATI, and the UPS ramp was littered with Metros, Falcons, Lears, DC8's, etc. without pilots willing to fly UPS struck goods. This tactic proved to be a resounding success and, with even subcontractors refusing to fly, UPS capitulated and the strike ended. It was proved that even a small group of subcontractors CAN make a difference in a strike.

And get ALPA, APA, SWAPA involved too! Pilots are out there and willing to help all across the country!