Seems like a lot of pressure.
Yeah, it sure does.
That's the nature of mixing labor disputes, flight safety and a long history of poor relations between different labor groups, management and each other. Some of those East pilots have been living with that discord since the '80s. For them, it doesn't appear there will be any letup until mandatory retirement. It's not my fight, so I won't comment on who's right or wrong. I'll just say that some the people I've known or met who are involved tend to feel very strongly about it. That creates allot of pressure. Battle lines are drawn and loyalties compete with objective reasoning. Good luck folks.