The problem is, it's a coded message, and you know it. We're going to see flights grounded, trips wrecked, vacations torpedoed, etc. because flight crews decide they need a donut, or that once-a-month acid reflux just kicked in. Oops, sorry, can't fly.

I watched United Airlines pilots screw their company into the ground with these tactics seven years ago. The stunts they pulled were beneath contempt. Unforgivable.

I have no doubt that a goodly number of NW employees wouldn't think twice now about running the same plays or worse, just for the hell of it. Could be a really interesting summer.

Yeah, yeah, I know, nothing left to lose, it's nothing personal, etc.

See you on AirTran.