Misconstruing what I said. I didn't say it was a right. I said it was very selfish of a union to inconvenience thousands of people so they can get a few more cents per hour in their pay. It's damn selfish when you consider how many people must fly in order to see loved ones, make business deals (yes, capitalism works), and what about the people who have planned and saved for years to go someplace - a dream vacation - only to have a damn union destroy their plans. It's not possible for you to convince me that needs of the union are more important than that of others. Additionally, it's not just the traveling public that is hurt - it is the hundreds of other jobs that relay upon the airlines directly or indirectly for their livelihood that are hurt. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 20:42 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Star-Telegram Staff Writer > Yes, I am saying it is a good thing for them to strike. I believe that some > of the people saying the strikes are a bad thing because they inconvience > people are the same that say flying is not a right and who cares if illegal > security tactics inconvience some people. Strikes cost corporations a lot more > money than binding arbitration, and are not so easily skewed by bias of mediators. > They are more likely to keep corporations from screwing their employees > again. >