<<And regardless of what you think, there is nothing that anyone, including a court of law, could do if a ton of pilots all decided to quit within a short time frame. >>.
Speaking of 100% Safety programs and the refusal of crews to participate in cost savings initiatives, consider this. If the company is arguing they cannot afford to pay you the salary you want, increasing the operational costs to the company through these actions actually increases the validity of the company's claims. No doubt the Captains involved in these types of actions intend to "show the company they mean business". All you end up showing the company is your lack of professionalism and your stupidity via a lack of logical thinking prowess, making management even less inclined to meet you halfway.
If you really wanted to gain leverage in negotiations, you would do everything you could to increase the profitability of the company. The more profitable the company is, the less valid is their argument they can't meet your demands.
While we are on this subject, to illustrate the schizophrenia of some pilots, they argue that the company is more than profitable enough to afford their demands and then they engage in job actions that reduce the profitability of the company. In the process they validate the company's claims and undermine their own argument - go figure.
