VGCM66 you are exactly right about nothing being new. I would go 1 step further and say it goes as far back to the " flat earth society" Just block your ears, block your mind , and drink up the union Cool Aid. It has worked real well recently at Hostess Bakeries where 18.500 former employees taught management a lesson by forefeiting their jobs.
Management may be monsters but they provide the pay that feeds your families. Try using more logic and less emotion if you want this airline to survive.