> the union relationship with Eastern Airline, where the union decided that it was better to eventually kill the airline in exchange for a better contract today

> the union relationship with Eastern Airline, where the union decided that it was better to eventually kill the airline in exchange for a better contract today. Articles from the time paint a different picture. They claim it was mismanagement that caused the bankruptcy of the airline - not union intervention. See https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/us/eastern-airlines-brought-down-by-a-strike-so-bitter-it-became-a-crusade.html https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/us/eastern-airlines-broug..., https://www.jstor.org/stable/20713006?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/20713006?seq=1#metadata_info_ta... or https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=publication https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&co...