I have a large number of ex-Sabena workmates who described how the union was still outside picketing the company offices as the company slid into bankruptcy. I find it incredible that the AZ unions can't see that the same sad scenes are again going to be re-enacted. The EU won't allow the government to bail out the national flag carrier (the latter being a somewhat outdated concept by the way) and they will go bust. Now the union's job is to get the best deal for it's members BUT THIS WOULD be best achieved by some realism and a degree of compromise.
I couldn't agree more... The strategy of the worth leads to the worth, i.e. to bankruptcy. It's striking to read (a few post ago from Italy) that some can still believe that anyone could or would salvage the company, without getting ride of the rotten parts of the business and laying off a large trunk of the staff. Sorry about that, but that the very result of decade of politics, protection and union's policy.