Originally Posted by
Bahamasflyer
As someone new to the industry, WHY were there soooo many (several thousand) from CAL and UAL alone back in the 80s?
I read chapter 19 in Flying The Line (I could not put it down it was so gripping) but am still amazed at the sheer number from back then.
Several dozen from then.......sure.....even maybe a few hundred would make sense, but THOUSANDS from CAL and UAL vs just TWO from Spirit in 2010.
Why so many per capita in the 80s compared to Spirit 2010?
I think in the 80's the airlines tried to break the strikes by hiring professional scabs off the street, in mass. I think the spirit and comair scabs were opportunistic scabs who already were on property.