I believe that if the airline industry fails, we will see major, major, major recession--if not depression--in this country and maybe internationally. This industry is so critical to business that without it there will be significant disruptions in the supply chain that may never be overcome. I believe Boeing is the biggest exporter in this country. Without those particular exports, our balance of trade goes absolutely bonkers. At that point, you might want to start stuffing cash into your mattress...
while I detest most unions, someday even here on FR people will become aware that there is a tremendous drain from our working and middle classes which will sometime catch up with the "rich" and the "near rich"...
we have had a unbelievable amount of corporate greed, swindling, stealing, and company-killing antics, all to fill the pockets of the few, leaving the American middle-class poorer and poorer...
I think FA's are useless and undeserving of much of a salary, however, someone has got to stop big corporations from making "we the people" the sacrificial lambs for their largese....