Merlyn
thanks for confirming that the pilots warned the passengers ( not self loading freight...I wish someone would drop that ).
Like I said in my post about getting home for Christmas...buyer/flyer beware.
While the circumstances are different, I remind everyone that the GERMANS warned everyone in New York with a LARGE AD in the Newspapers basically saying that the RMS Lusitania ( ship during World War 1) would be sunk by military action and not to board her.
YET over 1000 people boarded and sadly , died.
When a pilot group warns you of a strike, you better look for other methods of transportation.