I doubt very much the public will welcome them back, if any public do care about this strike then i doubt they will have much ,if any, sympathy or empathy for them. lets not forget that out in the real world many,many thousends of people have lost jobs, had hours and wages cut etc. Some have to survive on minimum wage, so why would they give two hoots about the highest paid CC hanging on to allready very good wages? The simple answer is they won't. the only time the public will care is if they are wondering if their flights will go ahead or not. There is a perception that CC are little more than airheaded trolly dollies (not mine i hasten to add) and they and their unions baffling drive towards self destruction only reinforces that perception.