So A, the pilots are too stupid to realize that United is on the hook, and B, if United is sued into oblivion, it will effect the pilots not at all.
The anti-Dao forces are not sending their best.
The pilot’s union does not represent UA it represents the pilots. This little stunt on their part is to fluff up their image. The only thing they consider as UA is the part controlled but their union and anything else is not UA.