Originally Posted by
Kellwolf
Do the research, and you'll see GWB was too busy being brought up to speed on being president to deal with a Comair strike. He'd only been in office two months.
If the NMB had determined that the Comair strike would cause "significant harm" economically to a region, then LIKELY a PEB would have been set up. Unless they state that, a PEB isn't even an option.
Hinting that Bush would let 9E (or anyone else) strike is about as flawed as assuming Obama will automatically let it happen.
There were 5 airline strikes under the Bush administration. And there were two others where the cooling off period expired but neither party exercised their right to self help before reaching a settlement.