Originally Posted by JDFlyer (Post 862013)

A mainline pilot negotiating tactic to extract better pay/benefits/work rules from management. Nothing more. Mainline management will give, and mainline pilots will take.

The only thing predictable about humans is their very nature. Self interest always wins at the end of the day for both management types and pilot types.

Noble ideals and higher moral causes mean little to nothing measured against present day cash value.