Fight or flight.

• Position: On the Line - Brief Article

Washington, DC

Two hundred flight attendants, pilots, maintenance workers, and their supporters demonstrated on December 14 at the White House to demand government action on the failing airline industry. The airline workers criticized the Bush Administration and Congress for allowing airline executives to propose bailouts that do not protect wages, benefits, pensions, and jobs. Some airlines are trying to use the bankruptcy process to cancel union contracts. "We will...