It all comes down to:
"What is market-rate?" (Iīm NOT talking about what the Delta and United guys were getting)
Guess market-rates are dictated by market-forces.
A str@ke or other working measures are the only "force" available to the pilots, who are being "forced" by their management into something they do not want.
They canīt reroute funds or invest/grow somewhere else.
Problem is, when the parties involved get into a situation were the whole issue cannot be resolved without major casualties...
These conflicts are NOT about the market.
This is politics turning into a war.