Navigante,
Thanks for your elaborate posts on how things got FUBAR. I do, however, think that the italian government/political elite/old boys network is not solely to blame for this one. The unions in AZ had the chance of saying yes to AF but decided not to because they believed they would be better off after listening to the top dog in above-mentioned group of corrupt and greedy b***ards.
They therefore convicted themselves to the same bad management that they loathed for all these years. Protesting and striking now is, in a way, protesting against their own bad judgement...
From what you wrote before I understand that the pilot and cabin crew unions were not always on the same page as the rest of them, but I think they rejected the original AF offer as well.
On top of that: this is not the time to hamper a relaunched airline. Get it up and running first and then start bargaining for better conditions.