Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
If you want to show true unity, then consider this. If a legal picket line is put up at an airport...then the AIRPORT should be considered struck...AND NO ONE SHOULD CROSS THE LINE.
Now the striking pilots have economic leverage.
If a carrier of any significant size tried this then a injunction would be issued immediately and our right to secondary boycott would be lost forever. This is why people like the attorneys at ALPA that you attack are responsible for providing advice on this stuff rather than angry former reps like yourself.
Originally Posted by
NuGuy
As for going out on strike...if it can happen within six months, as you say, everyone best be putting away money NOW. You and I both know that's not going to happen, and after the novelty of the first "day off" wears off, you can bet your MEC will be getting legions of phone calls from over-extended pilots clamoring for "any deal" when they realize how close to paycheck to paycheck they've actually been living.
This isn't a dig at AT pilots in particular, but pilots in general. Many scream "Strike strike", but are woefully unprepared to follow through.
Nu
Agreed.
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
There is no chance of AirTran striking in the next 6 months or even the next year for that matter. The NMB has made it very clear that getting a release to strike is going to be a long and difficult process.
Not sure where you're getting that from.