I urge everyone to let the legal system take its course on this matter. A lot of people think lawyers and judges are scumbags, but that type of thinking only reflects your own ignorance of the democratic system and the way the legislature works. In any legal proceeding, there will always be someone on the "losing" end. I do not know that judge who ruled in the Mesaba case, but I know that his decision was based on the law and precedent. If you do not like the law as written, you should not take it out on the judge or the system. When I was practicing, I recall a judge say to me: "Counsel, I know you do not like the the new law; I do not like it either, but stop making these novel arguments before me. If you really do not like it, go tell your representative!"

Every member of the pilot group at Mesaba can and should do what he or she thinks is best. If your morals and ethics allow you to go on a slowdown for example, then do it. Just be prepared for the consequences of such actions. What has happened at Mesaba did not just happen overnight. Anyone with a bit of foresight would have been thinking of one's own future a long time ago.

I hope everything turns out well for our brothers and sisters at Mesaba.