*sigh* Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

The Comair guys significantly raised the bar for regional pilots. The contract they struck to get led directly to the signing of excellent contracts at Horizon and Air Wisconsin, in the same way that the NWA guys striking in 98 helped secure C2K at DL. Pattern bargaining, of course, plus providing management everywhere with a sobering look at the potential consequences if they don't play ball.

In the end, you're right, the strike and their increased costs made Comair a goat in Delta's eyes and they've been thrashed accordingly ever since, their flying farmed out elsewhere to lowest bidders. It's simply too easy to shift contracted flying around under current scope clauses for regional pilots to significantly raise the bar and not be beat down. My original response to you wasn't stating that the strike was ultimately good for Comair pilots, but it was something that we as trade unionists should recognize as a positive step for our profession rather than denigrate.