I agree with you Dropp the pilot...that the union threats are an anachronism the unions need to dispose of...yes guv...the biggest loosers are the passengers, and ultimately the employees once the pax abandon the carrier....taking a job vacated by another eg the aussie dispute '89, is not scabbing...they quit...but crossing an active legal picket line is a bit foolhardy....even if the dispute is for selfish reasons...as is most often the case...my 27+ year career ended at eal when we went on a sympathy strike for the most selfish sobs in the industry..the IAM...what a mistake...and some of my co-workers got labeled as scabs by alpa national, even though we were ordered back to work by our local mec...so ignore the rhetoric, the labels and threats...just sort out the facts and reasons for any labor dispute....look before leaping..