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I'm no lawyer but feel reasonably confident in saying that the circumstances under which airline employees can legally act against an employer are rather specifically defined by the Railway Labor Act. The judge determined the ABX pilots had not acted in compliance with that law. The judge's personal feelings aren't SUPPOSED to enter into the determination.
This avoids mob rule. We're allegedly a country where rule of law prevails vs rule of the mob.
I think I recall AA and DL pilot groups getting in rather serious trouble for "taking the law in their own hands" in a moment of pique.
I'm certainly in the camp of the ABX pilots.
Last edited by bafanguy; 9th December 2016 at 21:13.