It wasn't a go at you, that's why I left the author out of the quote.
It's a go at the fact that strikers feel let down just because they didn't get their way for the first time in their life.
They didn't have to go on strike. It is a dispute and there are many ways to progress a dispute. The THREAT of a strike is a powerful weapon, if you just jump straight in an actually strike you had better be damn sure you have the support and a good chance of having the desired effect.
(The Christmas strike was short notice and ruthless, there were no VCC's. It had the best chance of sucess, shame Ms Malone blew it)
After that it was clear to everyone that support was limited and loss of staff travel would result. They also knew then about the third party airlines that were covering and the army of VCC's.
A responsible union would have stopped and reassesed the situation.
To feel let down afterwards is.... well words fail me.