Looking at the FACTS of the 1989 Australian pilots' Dispute, a management that decided to use those tactics would need his head read.
There were four airlines at the commencement of the dispute - within a few years, only ONE "survives" - Ansett, and its survival has not been a healthy one, having been left severely, financially devastated by a stubborn management which refused negotiation. East-West and IPEC vanished, and to permit Australian Airlines (TAA) to be injected with (Government) cash, it was amalgamated with Qantas.
Because of the intransigence of the airlines' managements, the dispute was an extremely protracted one - even with Government intervention and assistance, and the use of wet-leased aircraft. Surprisingly, polls taken during the dispute indicated that a high percentage (in excess of 70%) of the general populace supported the PILOTS.
Ansett and Australian Airlines (now Qantas domestic), had to offer FAR in excess of the pilots' original ambit claim (of around 30%) to attract crews.
Australia 1989 represented a FAILURE rate of 75% for the airlines involved - failure meaning DEMISE, whereas the majority of pilots were quickly re-employed.