jw411, i completely resent pretty much your entire comment, from you, your military experience, and all the airlines that have been in their right mind to leave you with nothing but..... the uniform.
the fact is that the euro based pilots, are mostly based in veeeeery reasonably pricing areas of europe, both tax, housing, food and allowance. those of them that have half a brain, stick by their
colleagues, respect what they have build, and stand by them in thick and thin, yeah they cannot support a strike YET.... trust me this fight is far from over.