When you think about it…

Say AS gets to the point of actually being released to strike, then it’s stopped by PEB.

What if the pilots don’t return to work? What are they going to do? Fire the entire pilot group?

This isn’t ATC controllers from the 80s. If AS fired their entire pilot group for striking, you might as well close up shop, because your airline isn’t going to survive. (Minus a bailout…which isn’t too far out of the question anymore post COVID)

Either way, it will never come to this. In the age of social media and instant access to information, AS will want to get this behind them very quickly. Even though we know they can’t strike…the general public does not. All they are seeing is “Alaska Pilots Vote to Strike”. That’s enough for the Smith family to pick a different airline for their vacation, “just in case”.