Thank you AirB for clarifying your background, however it was not neccessary. As far as I'm concerned your posts have always been levelheaded and well thoughtout, whatever the subject.
And for you, Wino, even though your title suggests otherwise, I suspect you are also able to see both sides of an issue, at least based on your last post...
However, whatever the situation is this time, I personally have a hard time with comments such as "forget about the past" and "this situation is different...
We have all been in "different" situations in the "past", and you're right in saying what is done is done.
With that said, how about a big ALPA "Thank You" for the EAL guys and how about removing those Aug 89 guys from "the list".
Until that happens, I really can't see how this situation is really "apples and oranges".
If I remember correctly, the EAL MEC's message was "Get your jobs back guys and let's fight from the inside"...
Same as NWA now, and AA during their F/A strike one Thanksgiving...