The ALPA made their choice and most are (temporarily) celebrating. I just booked a trip on NW for next Tues. I made my choice but no celebrations yet.

When the Eastern Airline (EAL) mechanics last went on strike a few years ago I was stranded in San Juan (no snide comments please). It took a week to rebook my return and it was on AA. Many of those ex-EAL mechanics later applied for employment at my company plants in Philly and San Juan etc (we had over 2000 employees). In looking over some of their resumes, we noted their pay was approx 40+% higher than my company's pay scale for about the same level of expertease and training.

We added some people but many said our pay scale was too low (we had an union also) and turned down some offers. I was amazed to see how outlandish the EAL pay was. In San Juan and Philly most of the ex-EAL mechanics ended up fixing cars or doing non-mechanics jobs as few mega-bucksmechanics openings were available. Sad but true.

MisterNice