Newspaper accounts weave a history from the time.
This may sound familiar to regular readers: Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines flight attendants seek to bargain new contracts. The two airlines are not just in competition but also are two of the better-performing carriers gracing the skies, with one of the two attempting to acquire another airline. Alaska Airlines’ management is stalling on approving a contract that meets the flight attendants’ requests. But this is a familiar case for the carrier; in 1993, Alaska Airlines flight attendants went on their CHAOS Strike.