Originally Posted by ATCsaidDoWhat

Originally Posted by T Dawg


The ONLY places we can turn for help are internally as ALPA has historically done; or externally as the IBT has done. ALPA puts up a picket line, has it's members fund it and pay strike benefits and hopes to bring management to it's knees in a deregulated environment where the strikers fellow union "brothers" shake their hand, write a check and then go to work...flying the passengers or cargo that their "brothers" are striking.

IBT, as recently seen with Amerijet, coalesced support from AFL-CIO unions, every other pilot union, the union that represent the Carribean refuelers where Amerijet flew, Congress (hearings), and everyoone else. They ALL supported those 60 pilots. The freight didn't move, the Amerijet offices and those of businesses in the building didn't get cleaned, the trash didn't get picked up, UPS and FedEx drivers didn't deliver, busses didn't pick up at the stop, other carriers found out if they hauled Amerijet cargo they would be struck...