Originally Posted by Lewbronski

The NMB cannot stop us from striking. The President cannot stop us from striking. Congress, especially until January 2025, is extremely unlikely to stop us from striking (and even if, by some improbable alignment of the stars, they ultimately intervene in our dispute, SWA would still lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue during the 30-day cooling off period and possible 60-day PEB that would precede us striking as passengers booked away from SWA on other airlines). That’s real leverage.

What WILL stop us from wielding the leverage of a strike, though, is us and our own failure to grasp hold of the opportunity that is right in front of our faces. Our own lack of courage, will, and determination is the only obstacle standing in the way of us achieving a “generational” industry-leading contract. And it is a much more significant obstacle than the company, the NMB, the President, or Congress.