Regarding a potential strike, followed by loss of market share (lack of brand loyalty)...
...it's called LEVERAGE!
This LEVERAGE is enhanced NOT when they have public support, but when they have pilot support.
Stick together guys, stay united, and stand strong.
All the "go along-get along" BS that has occurred in the last 10-20 years has been PURELY union busting techniques of airline management.
Read Marty Levitt's book, "Confessions of a Union Buster"
Make sure you hang together, so you don't hang separately.
You have the support of the AA (APA) pilots!
Anybody on that side of the world ever hear of AIRCON?
I'll start it's own thread. Check it out.