I don't understand all of the legalities of this decision, but to me it seems just plain un-American to withhold a strike. Back in 1979, when it was still considered "glamorous" to be a flight attendant.. Northwest Orient flew me up to Minneapolis and offered me a job as a flight attendant. While pondering my decision and waiting at the airport for my flight home, I struck up a conversation with some NWA flight attendants who were waiting for their flight. Basically they (and my boyfriend at the time) talked me out of taking the job. In hindsight, I'm glad that they did, because the NWA flight attendants went out on strike a couple of months later, and the airline was probably just trying to gather newbies to cover their asses. I have wondered how my life would have turned out if I would have taken the job and what it would be like today. I stand in support of the FA's if they feel compelled to strike and endure the hardship that goes along with that.