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Will the typical airline customer think that this is bad PR for the pilots or bad PR for DL? "My flight is cancelled/delayed for a holiday weekend because of a shortage of pilots, yet I see pilots on the picket line. They should be flying instead of marching." Yes, I realize that these are off-duty pilots, but how many people are aware of this? And how many would think that if they're so exhausted by overwork, they should be resting instead of picketing?
BTW, this doesn't seem to be the lead story in the local news, although it was mentioned this morning (also in the newspaper) with a short video about halfway through the local news just now.