In bankruptcy, if a judge throws out the pilot's contract, it would appear that the RLA no longer applies, since it is based on the existence of a contract. A bunch of guys can't just be forced to come to work for whatever the company wants to pay...we do not have provisions for indentured servitude in this country (except in the military).
That needs to be quoted! That concept is hopefully what attorneys will use in any attempt by the courts to block a strike. we are talking slavery here, it sounds harsh but thats the reality of it.
