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Sink r8
. Based on what I see from this larger group, they might make a terrible union. I think they may be bad for themselves, and even bad for us. I can't predict whether they'd be more likely to crumble in a strike, or take the airline down out of spite, and I don't think they would know themselves. I do know that talking to some of them about self-determination, and how it should be used, is a little like talking to a chicken about a computer.
So I remain convinced that you need to let the F/A's sort it out among themselves. You need to work a while with the South F/A's, and the two F/A groups need to work together as well, before forming an opinion. Once that happens, then maybe this will be a more productive discussion.
I don't think we have to worry about the a possible FA union striking. Even the British governments stopped an FA strike today. On another thread the AA guys say the NMB told them flat out that the White House said not to release them for self help. As the law is currently written and even with radical leftists in the government, I don't see any major airline striking legally.
A lot of these FAs have no idea how the collective bargaining process works. Some think that vote in a union and like magic the get things. They are just as likely to lose all the "me too" stuff overnight if they do organize as none of that is contractual.