It is you that needs a history lesson. The bankruptcy of Braniff provided the first large import of foreign labour to attempt to bust the AFAP. I think the number was 587 pilots who were offered positions; at least that's what I read on the fax' that I was shown at the time.
The only thing that upsets me is that these people still expect sympathy. It's not like they took a bullet in the arse for their country. They lost a labour dispute... a very long time ago! At the time all wages were linked to the Prices and Incomes Accord contract and they broke away from that agreement-a year later it changed.
So what!