Oh dear!
To Corsair et al - you seem to have falling into the Union busters trap... many companies at the moment from all sorts of industries are doing it... all hiding behind ''economic reality''
Sooner or later if this apathetic attitude continues we will be back to how life was before Unions.
I am by no means saying that Unions are perfect, but it seems people are more willing to accept impositions and rubbish working conditions and excessive cuts all because the companies hide behind the ''current economic reality'' line.
The cabin crew are 100% right to stand up in my opinon. I don't know the full story but EI seem to be totally immoral!