Also last time, if I remember correctly, it was what broke the federal monopoly and let companies like Southeast start really growing which lead to the massive growth of air travel that was affordable. And there is also the fact that Unions seem to have very little to do with this strike, and if reports are to be believed the workers are actively ignoring Unions to do this themselves.
I wonder, what exactly do you mean Vaermina? What do you think is gonna happen? Is the Fed gonna force them to work?