9E boys ( if released for self help ) and they get nothing worthwhile out of mgt had better strike.......
I have been part of a pilot group.... Flagship (Nashville) Eagle when when they were still part of APA.... just like 9E we had a strike vote of 99%......but at the last minute the "leaders" decided not to vote and to present the companies last pathetic offer to the membership. In th end we ended up with some pathetic pay raises and not much else and the company knew they had crushed the spirit and resolve of the pilot group for awhile......
Unity and the resolve to use that unity is all that mgt will ever understand. How you get it is up to you, but without it you are at the companies mercy.