Originally Posted by AvwriterJoe

Well all the pilots' union presidents are checking in on one another.

Delta just sent a strike authorization ballot out.

Southwest is gonna go to the matresses because their management is asleep in the cockpit or worse. Herb Kelleher is NOT resting in peace right now, I can tell you that from the Simple Flying articles I read on the crisis.

United and American aren't far behind.

Swift and JetBlue... going to be interesting.

Everybody's hoping Alaska's TA gets ratified. It solves many of Alaska's problems and will put a boot in the a$$ of the other airlines to get to a deal instead of stall, sleep or whatnot. SWAPA's Casey Murray can't be everywhere doing tiger stuff, you know?

If I had a vote I'd pass this TA with a smile. The economy is about to go the wrong way. This deal has a good scope deal. This deal ends the Alaska discount. This deal fixes scheduling. This TA will end the nonsense and put a boot up management's a$$ to take care of the angels in back quickly. Alaska Airlines can then just smirk and smile and salute as Southwest Airlines gets into more trouble.

Oh and Delta Air Lines? Let 'em Airbust into a beautiful pilot's strike during a recession. Yeah, that'll be fun to watch next year as their stock price crashes. Maybe Delta Air Lines will be so devalued a certain Seattle airline with labor peace and honour can buy them out and clean house.