Originally Posted by justjack

the America West pilots miscalculated the USAirways pilots resolve. They felt that the pay disparity would push the USAirways pilots to accept the Nicolau Award. The USAirways pilots will never agree to the Nicolau Award. The longer that this civil war lasts, the more irreversible damage is done. USAirways continues to operate in this unsafe atmosphere at not only its own financial peril but with a clear and present danger to its passengers. This is a textbook case of what happens when a labor group is pushed too far.