I think you're right, not because the pilots are unwilling, but precisely because they are ENTIRELY willing. Those strike vote numbers were awesome. I predict management will, at the last minute, agree to count the non-funding of pensions as part of the pilot concessions and compromise on whatever difference remains. (Unless, of course, they actually WANT a Chapter 7 liquidation, for reasons that can only be guessed at.)

A union that is totally ready to strike probably won't have to.