I am absolutely against destroying the company, ELT seems hell bent of doing just that, I am actually interested in making it great company and a place people want to work for.
To do that, I need a voice at the negotiating table. Not to make outrageous demands, but to create a working environment that fosters loyalty if you will.
Bigblue is on record as saying they can handle 20% attrition in the pilot group, but what major airline even worries about such numbers. I doubt any major airline CEO lays awake at night wonder if 20%, much less 5% will leave his airline.
It's a sad, downward spiral they find themselves in and it's all the ELT's fault. They have a most compliant, most willing, most productive pilot group, a group that asked for so incredibly little and yet, that was apparently way too much in their eyes!