obvious... what is obvious to me is:
1. there is no picket line (yet the memebers have decided to re-write the definition of scab to suit themselves)
2. no-one in the AOA is willing take a stand, expecting instead others (whom the have never met, nor will likely meet) to fight their battles
3. the members are not willing to place a ban on their own trianing system..... again poking big threatening sticks at other airlines, to do their bidding.
i do not disagree with the issue.... the 49ers were seen-off, morally, by the company. but you haven't any street credibility at all unless you are willing to fight your own battles too.
question? with 235 more non-union pilots joining (adding to the 375 current non-members) how does a union that represents only 65% of the pilot body stack up?