Taking action or not...
Hi Flying Tom,
It will never be known since we were not given that choice.. Ours was but a domino effect of sympathy strikes originating with our machinist and baggage handlers. ALPA Pilots went out in support of the IAM and TWU Flight Attendants went out in support of our pilots. Long story short we never financially recovered and it destroyed us. The union promised us we were too strong, that we had been in business 66 years and we werent going anywhere. Well, that was not the case. It all disappeared in the blink of an eye one winter in Jan of 1991. American Airlines came in like a vulture and picked the airline clean in no time at fire sale prices.
Last edited by WORLDTRAVELERFLA; 23rd March 2008 at 20:54.